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Re:DIY Positive Pressure Suit by jefftk on Sunday March 22, 2020 @10:27PM (#22660725)
I wonder whether hospitals could use something like this. Pipe in air from outside to the helmets of healthcare workers. Everyone needs to be tethered, which is pretty annoying, but maybe doable?

Maybe you could make one out of a snorkel mask (like one of the dodgy full-face ones: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07BP6CTBQ/) and a vacuum cleaner?

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Re:DIY Positive Pressure Suit by phendrenad2 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:38PM (#22661046)
In the 1971 film The Andromeda Strain, the biological containment lab has these cool suits which have a tunnel you crawl through to get into the suit. The suit never leaves the containment chamber. I keep thinking back to that design, and wondering if that's the future of COVID hospitals. Something like that wouldn't be that hard to mass produce at all.
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Re:DIY Positive Pressure Suit by pram on Monday March 23, 2020 @05:09AM (#22662273)
They also had a laser that burned off the top layer of your skin lol
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Re:DIY Positive Pressure Suit by gizmo686 on Monday March 23, 2020 @12:29AM (#22661275)
BSL4 laboratories (highest level of biosafty) require exactly this.

Random picture from Google: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.txbiom...

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Re:DIY Positive Pressure Suit by spiritplumber on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:50AM (#22661557)
That's exactly what we were trying to do! Since the system is positive pressure, the "snorkel" can be as long as you like. It can even leak a little bit, with no ill effect to the wearer (since the air will puff out).
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Re:DIY Positive Pressure Suit by dogma1138 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:31PM (#22661016)
There are plenty of powered respirators on the market under $500 which offer suitable filtration.
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Re:DIY Positive Pressure Suit by grogenaut on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:08AM (#22661630)
Can you (hospitals) buy them right now?
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