I think it was actually relatively the same. Different styles etc, but there were people back then that didn't feel like distancing or wearing a mask and there

I think it was actually relatively the same. Different styles etc, but there were people back then that didn't feel like distancing or wearing a mask and there were laws put in place that would land you in jail if you went out without a mask. And there were protestors against that, just like now. And they too got infected, spread it around and some died. It's an excellent (sad) example of history repeating itself. On the other hand, things aren't all that comparable. Consider the distances people travel, the amount of people that use the same space, but also the amount of single-use things we have now that we didn't have (at scale) back then (even simple things like spoons, napkins, cups). People love to make comparisons, but it's not always as useful or helpful as one might think (even if we went all the way down the rabbit hole and tried to find all the variables between now and then).