Dunedin has some Post-it noters at the corner of Rattray St and Arthur St who are communicating with passersby using Post-it Note messages. Previous days include "Again?" and "Another National leader?" (Via Janelle @Anorakj)
History repeats
The masks were called muzzles, germ shields and dirt traps. They gave people a
"pig-like snout". Some people snipped holes in their masks to smoke cigars. Others fastened them to dogs in mockery ... More than a century ago, as the 1918 influenza pandemic raged in the United States, masks of gauze and cheesecloth became the facial frontlines in the battle against the virus. But, as they have now, the masks also stoked political division. Then, as now, medical authorities urged the wearing of masks to help slow the spread of disease. And then, as now, some people resisted. In 1918 and 1919, as bars, saloons, restaurants, theatres and schools were closed, masks became a scapegoat, a symbol of government overreach, inspiring protests, petitions and defiant bare-face gatherings. All the while, thousands of Americans were dying in a deadly pandemic. Read more here.
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