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  Harry_Gatto at 09:36 AM JST - 20th October

  Call me cynical if you will but I have serious doubts about this. However, playing on the paranoia of the Japanese always sells product.

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  whatsgoinon at 12:18 PM JST - 20th October

  I agree that the paranoi is running pretty high right now. Here as well as in western countries. I'm not sure if i'm cynical about the material or not, but good hygiene would make it a lot less necessary. Learning not to cough all over people nearby, coughing into the inside of the elbow or into a tissue then throwing it away or washing hands after coughing (at least doing one of the above) and always washing hands in warm water with soap would all lower the need for a fiber that breaks up the virus..except on the inside of the elbow.

  These simple methods in addition to what the Japanese are already doing would seriously lower the spread of the virus.

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  Yelnats at 12:43 PM JST - 20th October

  So this means that if you have the flu, you can put one of these over your hed, and protect others from getting it? Or will they make masks out of it? Wash your hands people, do not touch straps on trains or escealators, and sterilize your change. I do not turn off the water after washing my hands, until I have dried them with a paper towel, and use the towel to turn the water off. I also try not to breath in public places.

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  Honen at 01:36 PM JST - 20th October

  "Textile maker Kurabo Industries Ltd said Monday it has developed a fiber that inactivates influenza viruses in cooperation with researchers at the graduate school of Hiroshima University"

  I'd love to know how researchers at Hiroshima University manage to collaborate with a fiber.

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  Kapuna at 01:50 PM JST - 20th October

  Yelnats said "I also try not to breath in public places." Wow, how long can you hold your breath?

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