19+ Masks During Spanish Flu Pandemic Background. During the spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919, masks were a symbol of patriotism. This is a genuine photograph of a family wearing masks during a flu epidemic, circa 1920.

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic Response from virus.stanford.edu

The story of the deadliest pandemic in history. The spanish flu pandemic infected more than 500 million people worldwide, or 27 percent of the world's population at the time. Barry in his book, the great influenza:

As the influenza pandemic swept across the united states in 1918 and 1919, masks took a role in political and cultural wars.

In early december 1918, the times newspaper in london reported that it had been established, by doctors in the united states, that the. This all has echoes of the great influenza pandemic, aka the spanish flu, which killed some 50. Wearing a mask is very important, but the constant reposting of images from 1918 is unnecessary. Barry in his book, the great influenza: