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Is there evidence that masks did anything to halt the spread of the Spanish flu?


There is evidence that social distancing helped. I'm not sure about masks specifically. https://qz.com/1816060/a-chart-of-the-1918-spanish-flu-shows...


Do you have evidence that masks are ineffective in reducing the transmission of influenza?


In science, as in logic, the onus of proof is on the positive.


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Ah yes, the "I am rubber, you are glue" argument.




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