“During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”
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Claim dated 22 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
Residents angry about the reinstatement of a mask order did form the Anti-Mask League in January 1919.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 April 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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