>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/08/24/tucker-carlson-segment-on-masks-during-spanish-flu-n2594608
At the height of the worst pandemic in American history – the Spanish flu of 1918 – cities across the country did something, modern America would find familiar. They issued mandatory mask mandates and punished anyone who didn't comply. "The man or woman or child who will not wear a mask now is a dangerous slacker," read a typical announcement from theRed Cross.