[Democratic_Machiavelli]

I read a little on that last year. Fascinating stuff. Definitely worth the time. One of the things they discovered was that keeping sick people outdoors gave people a much better chance of surviving, even if it was freezing outside (don't remember what they said about bad weather).

Oh, and the masks did NOTHING in 1918 (gotta put that out there so people can use the money on better things).

[Judith Anne]

I don't think they had N95 masks in 1918, so I'm definitely hoping they're effective. Ordinary dust masks are about useless, imho.

[Nebullis]

Oh, and the masks did NOTHING in 1918 (gotta put that out there so people can use the money on better things).

There's been a slight improvement in masks since 1918. Back then they were made of cloth with pores large enough to let anything smaller than a fly through. The tuberculosis mask used today filters out most particles larger than 0.1 micron.