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In August 2021, a widely shared tweet pointed to advice about mask wearing given during the 1918 influenza pandemic, and highlighted its relevance for those living through the COVID-19 pandemic, more than a century later. Peter Manseau posted the newspaper clipping on Aug. 25, presenting it in the form of a mock email: That news clipping was entirely authentic, and originally appeared in an editorial column published by the San Francisco Chronicle, on Oct. 25, 1918. Manseau's characterization of the paragraphs contained in his tweet were therefore accurate, and we are issuing a rating of True. The column can be seen in its original context here, and can be read in full here, and below: The 1918 flu pandemic had a devastating effect throughout the world, resulting in an estimated death toll of at least 50 million, including around 675,000 in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of those, the U.S. Census Bureau later calculated that 477,467 deaths had taken place in the U.S. in 1918 alone. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many observers have highlighted parallels in the way public health authorities, governments and society at large were forced to deal with the 1918 pandemic, including enforcement of face-masking rules in public places, closure of schools and public amenities, and social distancing.
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