Photo of College Football Action During 1918 Pandemic is Downright Terrifying

As everyone enters a new normal, masks and other protective equipment may become necessary in public places, including sporting events, for the foreseeable future.

Even though this seems like something new for the entire world, there was a time in history where spectators needed to wear masks. After the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, that's how things went, and this photo of fans at a Georgia Tech college football game will feel strangely prescient today.

This picture looks like it could've been taken out of an apocalyptic science fiction movie, but this could become the new norm for sports fans in the coming months, which is scary. If you were told six months ago that it would be health risk to go to a sporting event, you would've laughed.

Now, that is the reality of the world we live in. Facing conclusions like these, and imagining the likelihood of pictures like the one from 1918 being recreated in the near future will definitely make people cringe, but it's reality.

As sports are planning to return within the next few months, leagues will be planning to gradually allow fans back into the seats. Eerie scenes like this one from 1918 will be resurfaced when fanatics are allowed to cheer on their favorite teams, which could definitely make people fearful about buying seats at the stadium.