[ashtonkem]

Masks were also protested in 1918, so this isn’t a post-WW2 phenomenon.

[timmytokyo]

There were pockets of resistance to mask wearing in the 1918 flu pandemic, but it was not widespread.

https://www.history.com/news/1918-spanish-flu-mask-wearing-r...

Also, they didn't have government leadership publicly questioning the wisdom of mask wearing.