It seems that I’ve had all manner of strange event happen to me over the years. I probably would be curious about the person in this article who walked around New York in a pseudo-biohazard suit. A few strange looks and one direct inquiry later, and it’s just another day.
Now, I’ve stood on queue at movie theaters, food lines at school, and just walking around and someone seems to always cough as I’m breaking their plane and I have a 80/20 chance of getting whatever ailment they have. The company in the linked article [Flu Armour, which makes the Pandemic Emergency Defense System] probably has a ton of evidence that supports their determination to sell the items. But, unless you are in a sealed biohazard suit certified to level 4, you are only knocking a little bit off the risk meter. Especially any mask that doesn’t completely enclose your head.
The worst thing in the world to have, is a false sense of security while you are taking deep breaths of contaminated air. Take it from a person who has been 75 feet under water when his primary regulator broke and you have only a few options, one of which is inhaling water. Fortunately for me, when I get in a stressful situation, I actually relax and become clear headed. I was asked to shoot my friends wedding, and at the reception his brother started choking on food, no one saw him except for me through my lens. So, I casually walked up, set my camera down, did the ol’ Heimlich maneuver on him which if you aren’t a party to the whole situation could be distracting.. and picked my camera back up to shoot the wedding.
He still thanks me to this day even though it makes me uneasy. Nice guy.
Chew your food. 
Anyway, I only tell that story because it seems that if the NY Times story and experiment had been run in Boston; I’m pretty sure that person would be sent off to GitMo, the airports would be shut down, and there would be no duct-tape available for the next 6 months.
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