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PHOTOS: A visual history of personal protective equipment

From the Black Plague and Influenza to Ebola and COVID-19, here’s how we’ve tried to protect ourselves from the spread of various diseases over the years

Amy Brothers of The Denver Post.
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Infectious diseases are nothing new to humankind. During the 1918 flu pandemic, doctors could not see a virus and did not have the understanding of contagions that we do today. However, they did understand that illness spread from person to person. Even during the plague, they started using personal protective equipment and quarantines as was to limit the impact.

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