The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an Enduring Pandemic(untappedcities.com)

12 pointsby seesawtron6 anni fa7 comments

https://untappedcities.com/2020/07/15/the-anti-mask-league-of-1919-the-cultural-battle-of-an-enduring-pandemic/

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We think we are some sort of super 21st Century beings, but our cognitive biases remain the same.

Is there evidence that masks did anything to halt the spread of the Spanish flu?

There is evidence that social distancing helped. I'm not sure about masks specifically. https://qz.com/1816060/a-chart-of-the-1918-spanish-flu-shows...

Do you have evidence that masks are ineffective in reducing the transmission of influenza?

In science, as in logic, the onus of proof is on the positive.

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"Time is a flat circle" -- Friedrich Nietzsche