Ebola confirmed in the US!

[Devonian]

(9 October 2014, 20:04)NorthernRaider Wrote: Sky news UK is reporting that one specialist company alone in Kingston upon Hull is selling 50,000 level four personal protective suits A MONTH to NGOs, agencies, groups, charities and others. 50,000 A MONTH, they also report a shortage of suitable protective clothing available to health care professionals.

EDIT, BREAKING NEWS, Sky News 10.20AM today Sky news reports that in the last hour the orders for 50,000 level four protection suits has been DOUBLED to 100,000 suits A MONTH !!!. Now that is intel you can give serious consideration to.

Now this is something I know about.....

I haven't seen the Sky report, but if they selling type 4 coveralls, then that is a concern, BUT its a very very likely scenario!!

The fact is and its been this way for at least 2 months now, is that there are no (ZERO) supplies of Type 3 Coveralls available anywhere in the UK.

We have lost count of the number of enquiries that we have had for the supply of Type 3 coveralls from NGO's, Charities, EU Health Providers and private companies. Quite a few of those enquiries have been for quantities of 100,000 pairs per month. But bear in mind that you have to change the coveralls every 40 minutes, so you can soon see how quickly the supplies can be run down!

The main manufacturer is DuPont (they account for something like 95% of production) and they are refusing to supply any wholesalers or trader suppliers such as ourselves until March 2015 at the earliest! We have been told that this date is however highly optimistic. At present 100% of production is being sent direct to the likes of the WHO and some other central governments. But even the NHS Trusts are unable to buy them directly themselves.

Type 3 is the grade needed for Ebola protection.

Type 4 offers 'limited' protection.

Type 5 & 6 as used in the asbestos removal industry are near useless!

So if you are hoping to purchase suitable coveralls, you are already too late.

3M however will shortly be supplying their 800J coveralls, which do offer type 3 protection, but I am expecting supply of these to go the same way as the DuPont Tychem F coveralls which are the current coverall of choice.