{"id":77621,"date":"2025-10-05T09:12:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T13:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=77621"},"modified":"2025-10-05T09:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T13:12:21","slug":"in-1918-it-was-masks-or-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/in-1918-it-was-masks-or-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"In 1918, It Was Masks Or Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You think COVID-19 restrictions were tough?<\/p>\n<p>During the global flu pandemic of 1918-1920 (which killed two of the three Fatima visionaries), there were photos like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17596270471693130523499596461583.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77622\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17596270471693130523499596461583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17596270471693130523499596461583.jpg 828w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17596270471693130523499596461583-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17596270471693130523499596461583-255x249.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/inss.ndu.edu\/Media\/News\/Article\/2165914\/beyond-1918-bringing-pandemic-response-into-the-present-and-future\/\">this<\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.defense.gov\/2020\/Apr\/27\/2002289457\/1920\/1080\/0\/200427-D-BD104-001.JPG\" alt=\"Beyond 1918: Bringing Pandemic Response into the Present, and Future &gt;  Institute for National Strategic Studies &gt; News\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/02\/nyregion\/spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html\">New York<\/a><\/span>?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/03\/31\/nyregion\/00nyvirus-19181\/00nyvirus-19181-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/03\/20\/nyregion\/00nyvirus-1918-10\/00nyvirus-1918-10-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/03\/20\/nyregion\/00nyvirus-1918-5\/00nyvirus-1918-5-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"archives,commentary\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1759655541\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"In 1918, It Was Masks Or Jail\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You think COVID-19 restrictions were tough? During the global flu pandemic of 1918-1920 (which killed two of the three Fatima.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[108,36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-77621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archives","7":"category-commentary","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}