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San Francisco forced people to wear masks during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Did it help?

April 8, 2020July 17, 2021
Photo Courtesy OpenSFHistory
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A man in San Francisco poses for a photographing while wearing an wearing influenza mask during the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic.

Are masks effective controlling the spread of COVID-19? San Francisco’s response to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, when the city government mandated that everyone wear masks, offers some clues.

Read in SF Gate: https://apple.news/Afd8UolPiQsahFup7MQNKTA

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