When the novel coronavirus pandemic hit Asia, people ... and avian flu more recently. Those outbreaks have helped to maintain a mask-wearing culture. America and Europe have not seen similar ...

The claim: A study co-authored by Dr. Anthony Fauci found Spanish flu victims died from pneumonia ... wait for it, wait for it... wearing masks." While not clearly stated, the meme suggests ...

However, we're not ... people smile worldwide! While we can't say for certain if this cat is wearing a mask, it wasn't entirely unheard of for people to put masks on their animals during the 1918 ...

However, it was not taken in 1919 during the ... photograph shows two fashionable women, people were encouraged to wear masks during the "Spanish flu" pandemic. Here's a 1918 newspaper clipping ...

As the Spanish flu swept ... A recent survey of 2,459 people found that men specifically see masks as "a sign of weakness" and "not cool" and are less likely to wear face masks outside.

The 'Spanish' flu ... was not even considered a 'notifiable' cause of death until 1919 when the worst of the outbreak had passed. It was taken more seriously in the USA who made wearing a mask ...

Many of the lockdown and personal protective measures being implemented in the face of the coronavirus were issued during the Spanish Flu pandemic ... to order people to wear masks or go home.

Mask orders were part of the last pandemic - the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 ... nothing like the masks we have now. Most people were forced to wear gauze attached with tape.

MADRID, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Five Spanish regions have announced the reintroduction of rules making the use of face masks compulsory in health facilities following a spike in flu and COVID-19 cases ...