" Stressing that ‘the many shall not be placed in danger by the few’, the paper urged readers to wear a mask. ‘Those who are not doing so are not showing their independence – they are only showing their indifference for the lives of others – for the lives of the women and the helpless little children who cannot help themselves. "

― Catharine Arnold , Pandemic 1918: The Story of the Deadliest Influenza in History