Dr. Anthony Fauci co-authored a paper that found masks caused most deaths during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Rating: False (About this rating?) In late July and early August 2026, social media ...

Viral claims appearing on social media say that Dr. Anthony Fauci published a study in 2008 linking mask usage during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak to deadly cases of bacterial pneumonia. One post ...

A new strain of coronavirus is being compared to the deadly 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, but some of the comparisons are missing key context. While a number of articles and social media posts have ...