• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      I was indeed guessing but there is an interesting read

      https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/masks-spanish-flu-1918/

      ‘public health leaders rebranded personal care as a display of patriotism and duty to make men to wear masks.’

      ‘In 1927, Edwin Jordan’s definitive study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association as a series of articles and then as a book, determined that masks were effective when worn by patients already sick or by those directly exposed to victims, including nurses and physicians.’