These surprisingly relevant vintage ads show how officials tried to convince people to wear masks after many refused during the 1918 flu pandemic

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· Mask-wearing was enforced during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but many refused, citing the government mandates as threats to their civil liberties.
· Men needed more convincing to wear masks than did women.
· Men didn't practice proper personal hygiene and also thought wearing masks was too feminine, so public health...

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