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Old 01-16-2021, 09:47 PM   #37
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Default Re: Scrap Drives May Have Trashed Cars, But Were the Drives Necessary?

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Wonder if they could have gotten people to wear face masks in those days, or would that have been a bridge too far?

I've read that during the Spanish Flu pandemic, San Fransisco required people to wear masks, and most did so. Later, when the flu hit hard a second time, some people began to resist. Kinda like people today?



Back to the subject, concrete ships were built during WWII as a result of steel shortages.
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