45+ Old Masks Spanish Flu Background. Should people be forced to wear face masks in public? That's the question facing governments as more countries unwind their lockdowns.
The 1918 influenza pandemic, the spanish flu, was one of the deadliest events in human history.
The outbreak began in 1918, during the final months of world war i , and historians nurses preparing masks to prevent the spread of influenza in 1918. The spanish flu remains the most deadly flu pandemic to date by a long shot, having killed an estimated 1% to 3. A fantastic collection of pictures from the deadly 1918 spanish flu pandemic, including tent hospitals, people wearing preventative masks and a sick child. That's the question facing governments as more countries unwind their lockdowns.
