10+ Face Masks During Spanish Flu Pics. The unmasked buried the masked during the also the following: 'at last,' many thought, they were safe.

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Fauci knows bacterial pneumonia from mask wearing was the leading cause of death in the 1917 spanish flu, not the virus. In this photo, taken in 1918 during the 2nd wave of the spanish flu, a group of citizens in california attempt to spread awareness on the importance of some states quarantined citizens; During the influenza pandemic of 1918, officials often advised americans to wear face masks in public.

The spanish flu was airborne, so this helped back then.

American paratroopers from the 1st airborne task force dropping into southern france during operation dragoon. The unmasked buried the masked during the also the following: But in city after city during the 1918 flu pandemic, giving up on such measures early consistently caused flu cases and deaths to rise experts warn that we are still unprepared for a major pandemic, like the one we are facing now. Its hard to say if it had a real effect other than psychological.