Coercive Covid-19(84) Mask-erade-American Lessons Unlearned From HONEST EPIDEMIOLOGISTS during the 1918 Flu Pandemic Era: Compulsory Mask wearing “did not show any influence on spread of influenza in those cities where it was compulsorily applied”(1/4)
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.10.1.34

Coercive Covid-19(84) Mask-erade--American Lessons Unlearned From HONEST EPIDEMIOLOGISTS during the 1918 Flu Pandemic Era.” masks, were worn cheerfully & universally, & contrary to expectation, no effect on the epidemic curve was to be seen” 2/4

Coercive Covid-19(84) Mask-erade--American Lessons Unlearned From HONEST EPIDEMIOLOGISTS during the 1918 Flu Pandemic Era.-“ We felt inclined to explain the failure of the mask by faults in its application rather than by any basic error in the theory of its use” 3/4

Coercive Covid-19(84) Mask-erade-Lessons Unlearned From HONEST EPIDEMIOLOGISTS during the 1918 Flu Pandemic Era. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY-“Masks have not been demonstrated to have a degree of efficiency that would warrant their compulsory application for the checking of epidemics” 4/4

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