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I was thinking, oh my, killer pollen is a terrible way to go, how could anyone protect themselves... and then they showed the grannies with the gas masks and it made me think... why was the military not smart enough to wear masks... they pegged it as a biological attack from the start. I think the first order of business would be to make gas masks mandatory. heck, pollen is a ...

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Is "Grannies with Gas Masks" some sort of specialist porno title?

it wasnt pollen that was killing everyone, it was a neurotoxin. But you're right what the gas masks are concerned. Isn't that the old cliche, that everyone starts wearing gas masks out of paranoia? I think that shot of the old grannies might as well have been left out, cause it just opens up a plot hole.

When they showed that scene I leaned over to the people I was with and asked, "where the hell did they get gas masks?"

it may be a 'cliche' but if theres a random, unknown, deadly neurotoxin in the environment, hell, i'd wear a gasmask even if i thought there was a 1% chance it might help. 'There's a limit to how conceited you can be, moron' Devil May Cry

Agreed. The old women were the only ones out of the entire film to have the right idea. Dick Laurent is dead

I wonder if something like that had happened in the past, so they new what to do. Its just that the outbreak was not as severe.

Exactly. That bugged me right through the entire length of this movie. The first thing you do when a deadly airborne virus is confirmed, is you try and protect yourself, gas masks being the obvious. There was no attempt to cover up by the actors (mouths, noses) whatsoever. Not even with a handkerchief. They did not even try to not breathe, especially when the wind blew right over. Not ...

Gas masks wouldn't have done it but biosuits would've.