Mask Debate In 1918
To mask or not to mask resistance and enforcement as in 2020 the ordinance to wear masks in 1918 too saw firm resistance from several americans.
Mask debate in 1918. More than a century ago as the 1918 influenza pandemic raged in the united states masks of gauze and cheesecloth became the facial front lines in the battle against the virus. Defying mask orders isn t new. Bracken recommended that minnesotans wear a cheese cloth face mask over your mouth and nose with the red cross already pumping out thousands of gauze masks for doctors and. In october 1918 dr.
The term mask debate will never be the same again thanks to last week tonight with john oliver. The raging mask debate has people giggling due to unfortunate misunderstanding picture. Monday august 10 2020. The difference is that masks were mandatory during the influenza outbreak and with the exception of salt lake summit and grand counties plus logan and springdale utah and much of the country has relied on only mask recommendations.
The flu pandemic of. Epa a viral video is all the talk online following the latest episode of last week tonight with. But as they have. Fauci of san francisco in 1918 was a man named dr.
A viral video is all the talk online following the latest episode of last week. In 1918 masks were just as controversial as they are in 2020. The story goes like this. Surgical masks were made of gauze and many people s flu masks were made of gauze too.
Consequently violators of mask laws were fined 5 or 10 or were put under 10 days of imprisonment.