Claim: New Zealanders needed proof of zinc sulphate inhalation treatment to use trains during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
Fact-check: NZ 'inhalation chambers' story from 1918 flu epidemic is on the wrong track
Verdict: mostly false. while experts say there was no widespread mandate, newspaper articles from the time reported on at least two local rulings.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00