Suck a Tablet, You'll Be Good

In 1918 as the Spanish flu burned its way through tens of millions of souls, smooth talking con men offered up salvation to the dying and the frightened. On June 28th, 1918, a public notice appeared in British newspapers, purporting to lay out the symptoms of this deadly flu. But this public notice was in reality an ad for formaments of vitamin tablet and mint sold as a remedy for influenza. These mints were claimed to be the best means of preventing infectious processes. Everyone, especially a vulnerable children, was advised to suck a tablet whenever you enter a crowded germ-laden place. That's way better than fucking social distancing. Suck a tablet, you'll be good.