Even during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, some Americans were not fans of wearing masks. But there are important differences between the opposition to masks then and what we are seeing during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the US, historians say.
They risked hefty fines by refusing to wear them and sometimes ended up in jail. In one case in San Francisco, an organized group called the"Anti-Mask League" held a protest in a local ballroom that was attended by about 2,000 people in January 1919. Still, there are important differences between the opposition to masks in 1918 and what we are seeing during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in America, according to historians CNN spoke with.
"The thinking was that they should be enforcing the anti-spitting laws that were already on the books after the tuberculosis epidemic, rather than introduce something new," Tomes explained. In San Francisco, where Health Officer Dr. William Hassler made it a point to make masks an integral part of the city's pandemic response, two mandatory mask orders were implemented between 1918 and 1919, along with other interventions like business and school closures.
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