Companies offering bird flu protection products

From Reuters:

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - Worried that a courier might deliver avian flu along with that book you ordered to pass the time while you wait out the pandemic?

Melissa Blankenship, director of sales and marketing for Friendship Industries Inc., has just the product for you.

"You could easily wear these while using a keyboard," she said, demonstrating a thin, blue flexible glove. "And if the UPS (United Parcel Service) man comes, for instance, you can put this on for outside protection," she says, holding out a slightly thicker glove.

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Blankenship said factories in southeast Asia are being re-fitted. "The companies that are making shirts for Wal-Mart, we need them to convert to making personal protective gear," Blankenship said.

Her company is checking out potential factories in China, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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Yeah, right. Get factories from the area that spawned the virus to make the gear to protect us. Barnum was right.--Editor