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Mexican Immigration Officials Required to Wear Anti-Flu Face Masks at U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
By Edwin Mora
Mexican Immigration officials, wearing surgical masks, work at the US-Mexico border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, April 27, 2009. (AP photo)(CNSNews.com) - Mexican immigration officials on the U.S.-Mexican border say they have been required to wear face masks whether swine influenza poses a threat or not.
Meanwhile, on the U.S. side of the border, it is up to the discretion of Customs and Border Protection officials whether to wear masks to protect themselves against the flu.
“It’s a general requirement to wear face masks all over the country whether there is or there isn’t (swine flu),” a spokesman from the Mexican National Institute of Migration, told CNSNews.com in Spanish. The organization controls and supervises the Mexico-U.S. border and emigration.
“The reason why immigration officials are wearing face masks is because of a general requirement for all offices to wear them,” he added, “whether there is or there isn’t danger of contamination.”
Mexico’s health secretary recommends that if there is any danger of coming close with someone infected with swine flu to, “use rigid face masks, but if you don’t have the means to obtain one to use regular face masks or a piece of cloth to cover the nose and mouth.”
In the U.S., the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the nation’s disease sentinel, recommends “cover(ing) your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.”
The federal government has not requested that U.S. immigration officials wear protective gear against the swine flu.
“CBP [Customs and Border Protection] officers and Border Patrol agents are provided personal protection gear, which they may utilize at their discretion,” Kelly Ivahnenko, a spokeswoman from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection told CNSNews.com.
The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes gloves and surgical N95 respirator masks, “which are readily available for use in the course of their duties,” she added. http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47254
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Loretta C
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it is up to them to wear it. i work the 3rd shift. and last night they called a meeting. it lasted until almost 11 pm. we was told they had face mask for us to use. it was up to us if we wanted to wear them. the night before i saw a couple that are mexican, i left the isle and went to the back of the store. it just hit me, the though of the virus. i'm sure they didn't have anything. paranoia took over. this mess has me so sick to my stomach, i'm throwing up at work. i'm worried my kids will get it. they go to school with illegals. may god forgive me for being paranoid. those poor people can't be blamed because their sorry as bat crap govt will do nothing to control it. |
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eclecticcrab
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Because masks are useless. They will not work agaisnst a virus--any virus. The CDC has been trying to tellpeople that.
Here is why. Masks do protect against bacteria. They are many times larger than virus particles. A surgical mask can trap them and reduce risk. Virus particles are so small they go right thrugh the mask when a person inhales.
A mask may make someone feel safer--but it doesn't DO anything to stop a virus. |
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Patio of Fun
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Your question is misleading, according to the text they have masks available to use at their discretion, they have not been ordered to not wear masks. |
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