I looked up the historical news articles about the Spanish Flu in Toronto to compare the current orders against Church gatherings with what was implemented in 1918, Back then, Catholics just reduced masses to once on Sunday. That’s it. For an infectious disease that was striking down thousands in the bloom of youth across the city. Flash forward to post truth 2021 and we haven’t been to mass in a month as the government has shuttered all churches because of a virus with a 99.6% survival rate. It’s about control.
I believe they also had mask mandates back then, though the masks then were nothing like today’s. still, you are right, they didn’t have the severe shutdowns we had, nor the power hungry dictators like fauci and Biden and ilk ruining everyone’s lives.