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People wearing face masks during the Spanish Flu, California, USA, 1918 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] robocall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

IIRC the ordinance was to wear masks outside but people were allowed to take them off inside because that's where they were eating, drinking, and doing stuff. So good intentions but would have been more effective if the policy was reversed.