posted on May 11, 2003 07:07:33 PM new
TAIPEI (May 6) -- Villagers in southern Taiwan are strapping bras to their faces to guard against the deadly SARS virus due to a shortage of surgical masks.
"I went to every pharmacy in the village and it's impossible to find a proper mask," a middle-aged man told cable television on Thursday, his face partially covered by a dark red cup.
"Somebody came up with this idea so I decided to give it a try," he said at a village near the southern city of Tainan.
A small bra factory is producing the make-shift masks, with workers cutting each of its colourful bras into two and sewing on extra straps to help the desperate villagers.
Face masks have disappeared from many store shelves as Taiwan's Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infections tripled in the past two weeks to 360 cases, the third highest in the world after China and Hong Kong.
posted on May 11, 2003 07:26:24 PM new
GREAT article, neon! Creativity at its best!
"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
"I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it." - A Few Good Men
posted on May 11, 2003 08:51:10 PM new
pictures! give us PICTURES!
If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
- Elbert Hubbard
posted on May 11, 2003 10:10:16 PM new
Keii - d'oh - I knew that and somehow completely missed it in the story. I just read SARS and went with the cliche. My bad!
