Firearms Company Unveils Pandemic Survival Kits

A Bulgarian wearing protective medical mask waits at a hospital in Sofia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Bulgarian health officials have closed nearly 500 schools as a flu outbreak that is spreading across the country ha... A Bulgarian wearing protective medical mask waits at a hospital in Sofia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Bulgarian health officials have closed nearly 500 schools as a flu outbreak that is spreading across the country has claimed its first death this year. More than 90 percent of the positive tests at the National Reference Laboratory indicate that the prevalent strain of the flu virus is A (H1N1). (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) MORE LESS
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

The Brownells firearms company has started selling pandemic kits to help Americans deal with any germophobia sparked by the Ebola cases that surfaced in the U.S., according to the Des Moines Register.

The kits don’t cater to an Ebola outbreak, but include filter masks, gloves, medical supplies and cooking equipment. For somewhere between $55 and $110, Brownells supplies the “basic needs” for people to protect themselves from bacteria and viruses.

“Ebola has increased the worry that you’ll be touching things you shouldn’t be touching,” Brownells spokesman Larry Weeks told the Des Moines Register.

Brownells offers a diverse array of survival kits, which even include some comfort food like “tactical bacon,” a canned bacon with a 10-year shelf life.

Latest Livewire
Comments
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Associate Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: