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Love, debauchery, and kissing screens: A look at romance during the 1918 pandemic

Jules Suzdaltsev

What can the past teach us about how the coronavirus pandemic will reshape our lives? Mashable's Anna Iovine walks us through the romance landscape of the 1918 flu pandemic. 

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