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Viruses had only been discovered a few decades before this picture was taken. It's very likely that the family (and most of society) had no understanding that the virus was unlikely to jump species and so took the same precaution to keep the cat from spreading the disease that they themselves took. I'd rather people made this sort of mistake than the willful idiots we had this time around refusing to believe in viruses at all.
Or maybe they just thought it'd make a cute, silly family photo
I think that cat just has white fur on its face, that’s not a mask
Yeah, I understand why everyone sees a mask, but I don’t think it is one either. You can see too much detail on the nose, I wouldn’t expect to see that much unless it was a very sheer fabric used for the mask.
Ah you're right. Make more sense, I was thinking how the FUCK did they get a mask on that cat??
Of course not, but for a split second it looks like one, and that's funny. I laughed.
I love that most people seem to believe it's really wearing a mask 😷 😂 😺
Did you check whether cats can be an animal reservoir for influenza before posting this?
Yeah, I knew dogs could carry Covid. Just looked it up and cats can carry the flu. Not sure why this poster felt it was necessary to say this about the family when it’s actually incorrect.
Cats can carry covid too, as far as I know.
Oh, there were plenty of those in 1918, too.