Thowback America: Politicizing face masks & ignoring social distancing repeats mistakes of the 1918 Pandemic when crowds caused deadly local outbreaks. Hollywood's Douglas Fairbanks entertained the crowd at a Liberty Loan rally during the pandemic's height https://t.co/PUJJQzaosq pic.twitter.com/srF2BiwElm
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 5, 2020
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… “Face masks, or the lack thereof, was an issue in 1918-1919 as well. People didn’t have enough masks, just as we didn’t at the start of this pandemic, and then when more masks were available, again like today, there was no national leadership on the importance of wearing them,” he said.” Some of the big male Hollywood stars saw wearing a mask as cowardly — they felt they’d look like a weakling if they wore a mask. Douglas Fairbanks attended a huge public rally and pointedly did not wear a mask.”…There was another 1918 mistake, which Mann in April warned authorities not to repeat, reopening too soon.
“Oftentimes these closings were lifted in 1918 way too soon People were still dying of this in March and April and May of 1919. Mary Pickford, who was the biggest movie star of the time, she gets it in early 1919, so the movie theaters would reopen and nobody would come and then they’d close as the death rate continued to climb,” he said. There needs to be a greater consistency — there is understanding, hopefully, that we’ve learned from 1918.”…
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The coronavirus pandemic has sickened more than 11,432,600 people, according to official counts. As of Monday morning, at least 533,800 people have died, and the virus has been detected in nearly every country, as these maps show. https://t.co/2yDzUUcJqf
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 6, 2020
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What you need to know about the coronavirus right now https://t.co/dUQGPpof4S pic.twitter.com/8f3yyVeWv8
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 6, 2020
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