The face mask is a political symbol in America, and what it represents has changed drastically in the 100 years since the last major pandemic
after turning away a customer for not wearing a mask upon entering a Family Dollar store.
published in the US National Library of Medicine. Men perceived masks as a threat to their masculinity, associating the hygienic practice with passive motherly figures., incentivizing men to do their part in stemming the spread of the disease by appealing to their sense of civic duty. There was mostly widespread compliance, but just like during the coronavirus, anti-mask sentiment was present during the flu pandemic. San FranciscoThe city implemented laws enforcing residents to wear masks in public at two different times. The first was in October 1918, when the number of flu cases peaked during fall. The second was in January 1919, after there was a surge in cases following a premature reopening of the city and after hundreds were arrested for flouting the mask order.
— and after hundreds ignored the mask order and residents formed the league — the city wound up with one of the highest death rates in the country. The mask law was dropped on February 1, 1919, after the case counts dipped.The most effective way to prevent respiratory viruses — including the flu and COVID-19 — from spreading is to lower the chance that a respiratory droplet from someone who is infected lands on someone else, thereby infecting them.
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