> From our position, it's amazing to read the sort of nonsense the learned men of the day supposed What "our position" are you talking about? There was (and in

> From our position, it's amazing to read the sort of nonsense the learned men of the day supposed What "our position" are you talking about? There was (and in some cases, currently is) widespread opposition to a basic safety measure like covering your nose and mouth during a pandemic of a respiratory disease. You will regularly see videos of our supposedly enlightened populace losing their shit when someone else wears these basic respiratory protections. It's always easier in hindsight to laugh at earlier populations and their seeming stupidity. I'm sure people in the future will be doing the same at our inability to contain the Covid pandemic.