Vintage ads to convince people to wear masks during the 1918 pandemic

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Sat May 09, 2020 1:58 pm

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

Full story: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/peop ... mic-2020-5

Foreigner · Post by **Foreigner** » Sun May 10, 2020 6:58 am

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Sat May 09, 2020 1:58 pm These surprisingly relevant vintage ads show how officials tried to convince people to wear masks after many refused during the 1918 flu pandemic

Full story: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/peop ... mic-2020-5

absoloutely incredible how similar that is to today. we haven't moved on at all in this in 100 years !

btw, im sure the one guy with a mask on is mid way through eating a bird whole. maybe I should go to sleep.

hunter8 · Post by **hunter8** » Sun May 10, 2020 1:56 pm

Foreigner wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 6:58 am we haven't moved on at all in this in 100 years !

Yes, we have. There is a clear backwards movement of humanity with those poorly thought out ideas of saving lives. Now we have people jumping out of windows because they go mental in self-isolation. 100 years ago people were smart to understand that nature will take its way.

DaveG · Post by **DaveG** » Wed May 13, 2020 4:19 pm

^^

Yes I also noticed that.....627 people all jumped out of their windows yesterday, like lemmings they were.......

hunter8 · Post by **hunter8** » Wed May 13, 2020 4:46 pm

DaveG wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 4:19 pm ^^

Yes I also noticed that.....627 people all jumped out of their windows yesterday, like lemmings they were.......

Indirect casualties will be multi-fold from that for years now. Economic and psychological fallout of dumb populist decisions is only starting.