Claim: "Most of the victims of the Spanish flu didn't die from the Spanish flu. They died from bacterial pneumonia. And the bacterial pneumonia was caused by  wearing masks"
Fact-check: A 2008 study co-authored by Anthony Fauci did not find that masks caused bacterial pneumonia, contrary to viral social media claim - Science Feedback
Verdict: inaccurate
Organisation: Science Feedback
Author: Hazel Silistre
Date published: 2020-11-06T15:33:27