(KGTV)-A picture circulated on social media seems to show a panel from the 1957 "Ghost" comic in which the protagonist encourages locals to wear masks to protect against the "Chinese virus."

In the real manga, Phantom encourages people to wear masks to protect themselves from sleep death, a mysterious disease that plagues people in the fictional Tessai Valley.

The article was published during the influenza pandemic in 1957 and was intended to encourage the public to wear masks to prevent the spread of the disease.

The statement about the "Chinese virus" is digital creation.