Weird request, help with surgical masks

[Einz]

Ok, so I'm going to be travelling around later this week and I'm going to have to end up having a long lay over in Toronto. The whole SARS thing in Toronto has made my parents quite nervous. They've decided that I need a surgical mask, just in case. I think it's quite silly, but I guess it can't hurt. Now my problem is, I went to Walgreens earlier and apparently they don't sell these little thingies. I've checked around online and I can find only online shops sell them, and since I'm leaving Thursday, that's not going to work out. Any one here know where I can buy one? Thanks a bunch ahead of time.

 

[Anubis]

hardware stores have them

 

[MrBond]

Check home depot/lowes, ask for dust masks. They sell them for sanding and such. I think they're similar to what they use in surgery, they're padded slightly with a metal strip to bend around your nose and elastic straps that hold them to your face.

If I'm wrong, someone correct me. I know home depot/lowes carry them, but I don't know if its the same thing or not.

 

[Nitemare]

Do MacGuyver proud...

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or walmart in the paint section(not as fashionable though)

 

[Einz]

Yeah, I think there's a dinstinction between like masks that protect against dust/paint and whatnot, and there's the kind that protect against viruses and sutff. I dunno though, I'm a newbie when it comes to this stuff too. Thanks for the help, I'll check out the hardware stores.

 

[Einz]

any other suggestions? it seems like everything the hardware stores carry is for paint/dust protection, and I don't know if that's effective against SARS stuff

 

[tcsenter]

Medical supply and pharmacies might have them.