Fact check: Why is the 1918 influenza virus called 'Spanish flu'? In the black-and-white image, a sign reading "Wear a Mask or Go To Jail" is pinned to a young woman's coat. She stands next to two ...

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As Americans were celebrating victory in World War I in the fall of 1918, the masks on returning troops showed that the U.S. was losing another war against the so-called Spanish Flu.

This is a genuine photograph of a family wearing masks during a flu epidemic, circa 1920. However, we're not entirely convinced that this cat is also wearing a mask.

But masks used nowadays are much sturdier than the porous gauze material that people used during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918. A policeman adjusts a citizen's flu mask in San Francisco in 1918.

In 1918, America adopted mask wearing with a greater vengeance than anywhere else in the world. But a century later, it is Asian countries which have remembered the lessons the US learned.

Historians and health officials have marveled at how Los Angeles weathered the 1918 Spanish flu better than most major American cities. But failing to implement a mask ordinance may have cost lives.

The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia caused by mask-wearing. Since the emergence of COVID-19, masks have become a way of life.

In the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., I spoke with Hollywood historian William Mann about the profound impact the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic had on the film business.

Mask orders were part of the last pandemic - the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918. Take a look at the timeline of the first mask orders. 24/7 Live Houston Southwest Southeast Northwest Northeast.

A church service being held outside Grace Cathedral in San Francisco during the Spanish flu pandemic 1918. Photo from California State Library . Tension over the masks escalated, including another ...