The photo was taken in California in the midst of the epidemic of Spanish influenza. We see three men and four women standing on a terrace – might be a train platform – after the rain. All have a white mask that bar the face. At the far right, a woman shows a little sign pinned on his raincoat : “Put on a face mask or go to jail “.

like the strain of H1N1 that has killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide between 1918 and 1920 during the epidemic of Spanish influenza, the SARS-CoV-2 risk-to accompany our daily life for a hell of a temp…

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