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

Posted by seesawtron on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:20PM
from the untappedcities.com dept.

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Re:The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an E... by behrlich95 on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:27PM (#23967286)

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

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Re:The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an E... by mariodiana on Monday July 27, 2020 @02:28PM (#23967943)

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

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Re:The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an E... by kingnothing on Monday July 27, 2020 @04:36PM (#23969141)

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...

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Re:The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an E... by charlieo88 on Monday July 27, 2020 @04:46PM (#23969211)

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

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Re:The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an E... by mariodiana on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:42PM (#23971791)

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

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Re:The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an E... by zach_garwood on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:02PM (#23989718)

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

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Re:The Anti-Mask League of 1919: The Cultural Battle of an E... by seesawtron on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:20PM (#23967204)

"Time is a flat circle" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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