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> We've ignored everything previously established for pandemic response. Looks like we actually forgot a lot also from much older events. The following is fro
by squarefoot 5y ago
> We've ignored everything previously established for pandemic response.
Looks like we actually forgot a lot also from much older events.
The following is from over 100 years ago.
https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spanish-flu-ads-007.jpg?w=280&quality=85 https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spanish-flu-...
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/07/16/multimedia/03evening-briefing-mask/00xp-virus-1918masks-superJumbo.jpg https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/07/16/multimedia/03even...
- peytn 5y agoWe did not forget. We did experiments with gauze face masks. Here’s one from 1920: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1362677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1362677/ I’m not aware of any recommendations to wear gauze face masks.
- squarefoot 5y agoI was referring in general to wearing masks, not strictly gauze ones. They probably realized afterwards that gauze ones weren't the most effective, but some of todays people jumped straight to refusing masks.