Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Jay Van Bavel

  • To wear or not to wear? Attitudes towards mask wearing then and now

    Mariella ScerriVictor GrechMellieha, Malta More than a century ago, as the 1918 influenza pandemic raged around the globe, masks of gauze and cheesecloth became the facial frontlines in the battle against the virus. However, in a volatile environment induced by a pandemic, the use of masks also stoked political division. Although medical authorities urged the…