The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an Enduring Pandemic

"Time is a flat circle" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

We think we are some sort of super 21st Century beings, but our cognitive biases remain the same.

[dead] tvote2020 5y ago ↗

Or you are just an idiot. Could be that too.

[dead] tvote2020 5y ago ↗

Liberals are destroying the country.

It's time for all true patriots to stand up against this scourge.

Liberals and their ideology belong in prison. They are literally terrorists spreading their poisonous ideas.

Is there evidence that masks did anything to halt the spread of the Spanish flu?

There is evidence that social distancing helped. I'm not sure about masks specifically. https://qz.com/1816060/a-chart-of-the-1918-spanish-flu-shows...

Do you have evidence that masks are ineffective in reducing the transmission of influenza?

In science, as in logic, the onus of proof is on the positive.

[dead] charlieo88 5y ago ↗

Your implication being your question is based in logic or scientific curiosity, and not some disingenuous politics.

[dead] mariodiana 5y ago ↗

Your ad hominem concedes the argument.

Ah yes, the "I am rubber, you are glue" argument.

The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an Enduring Pandemic (untappedcities.com)