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2023-09-12 02:37:35 UTC - HELPFUL
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They were not. The Black Death had much higher rates of infection and mortality than COVID-19, and while some masking was instituted during the plague, the reason behind the beaked masks was a misconception about the spread of the disease, much better understood today. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/a-history-of-pandemic-masks-why-doctors-wore-beaks-during-the-plague-1.4890564 https://www.ursinus.edu/live/news/4682-analyzing-the-past-in-the-present-the-black-death
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