Cat Wearing Mask In Spanish Flu

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Cat wearing mask in spanish flu. Anti mask sentiment goes back 100 years to spanish flu pandemic. However my statement at the end of the article applied historically is not correct by itself. The spanish flu ushered in a new era in the history of face masks when for the first time doctors patients as well as residents in america were asked to wear the mask outside their homes. Share tweet pinterest weibo.

Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. By the end of fall of 1918 seven cities of the usa had. It s a fascinating exploration of the politics of masks in california during the 1918 flu and the fact that mayor davie of oakland was jailed for not wearing a mask in sacramento. I m quoted as saying the gauze masks of 1918 may not have been much use to the user but did offer protection.

While we can t say for certain if this cat is wearing a mask it wasn t entirely unheard of for people to put masks on their animals during the 1918 flu epidemic. In california a man was shot. One image dating from the years when spanish flu rampaged across the united states shows a unknown family of six in dublin california all wearing the standard mask of the time. Top suggested level 1.

In early april 2020 the centers for disease control and prevention revised covid 19 guidance and advised americans to wear face masks reviving interest in a viral photograph purportedly a family portrait from the 1918 spanish flu pandemic that showed a family cat included in face masks. A pandemic was raging. It was a culture war then too. A family of six in california in dublin california pose for a photograph during the spanish flu crisis of 1918 where even their cat has been fitted with a little face mask.

Photo of the family wearing masks during the spanish flu pandemic in the 1918 1920s. Mandating the mask a patriotic act. The arguments currently raging about whether it is wise to wear face masks during the current covid 19 pandemic were the same a little over 100 years ago in america. Mask wearing rules first came up in the western states.

What goes around comes around. But a century later it is asian countries which have remembered the lessons the us learned. Picture of pet cats and owners wearing face masks during 1918 spanish flu pandemic. In 1918 america adopted mask wearing with a greater vengeance than anywhere else in the world.