“The way the Germans did it / The way North Carolinians do it” — 🇺🇸 American cartoons published in North Carolina’s State Health Bulletin in October 1919 warning citizens of the ‘novel’ influenza, or Spanish Flu. 
The rest of the caption reading: “During the recent war approximately 1000 men from North Carolina were killed in battle ... During the epidemic last fall and winter 13,644 North Carolinians laid down their lives to a 'spit-borne' disease – influenza!”
The illustrations accompanied a longer piece informing readers of the virus’s lethality, transmission, likelihood of recurrence etc. You can actually read the whole thing here: exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/…
Most American public heath posters and cartoons from 1918-1920 emphasised the menace of public spitters:
https://twitter.com/propagandopolis/status/1237738974812278786?s=20
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