Yearly Flu Vaccine

30 November 2005

N-95 Respirator Protection against TB, SARS, or Flu:

An Analogy to Automobile Seat Belts

	N-95 RESPIRATOR	SEAT BELT
If not worn correctly:	NO BENEFIT	NO BENEFIT
Only one part of a total safety package?	YES	YES
IF worn correctly will protect most of the time	YES	YES

Daniel R. Lucey, MD. MPH

Director, Center for Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases

ER One Institutes, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC