Another mask that has "gone viral" across social media is a plague doctor style one designed by Delores Gull. "At first I didn't know what 'viral' meant until my daughter was explaining it to me ...

The impenetrable clothing prevented the doctor from coming into contact with any contagious particles, and the tip of the mask's "beak" was filled with a mixture of herbs meant to purify the air the ...

The original plague doctor masks, on the other hand, the ones worn by physicians, were fashioned from leather like the rest of the doctor's protective gear and had a much less ornamental appearance.