Mask wearing was just as controversial and divisive in the 1918 pandemic as it is today. Some doubted their effectiveness and even accused them of making people sicker, an βanti-mask leagueβ emerged and many were arrested.
8 Clippings1918 writer says Spanish Flu defeated, forget about masks and smile! (the worst was yet to come) <a href="https://t.co/nXhDp58Vqv">pic.twitter.com/nXhDp58Vqv</a>
β Pessimists Archive (@PessimistsArc)September 9, 2020