Wearing a Fake Ebola Hazmat Suit for Halloween? Donate a Real One Instead

Publicis Kaplan Thaler brilliantly turns a joke on its head

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Planning to dress up in fake ebola hazmat gear for Halloween? That's awfully douchey, don't you think?

Nonprofit humanitarian group Doctors of the World has an idea, though. Why not join the "More Than a Costume" campaign and help pay for real protective equipment used by medical professionals battling ebola in West Africa?

"Health workers needs a new hazmat suit for each of their rotations, and estimates indicate that over 1 million suits will be needed in the next six weeks," says the organization.

For $1 you can donate a glove, and $5 buys a mask.

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