Union’s Search for Face Masks Gets Twisted Online
Quick Take
A meme falsely claims that a health care workers’ union was “caught hiding 39 million N95 masks,” and other posts cast suspicion on the union’s motives. In reality, the union had called medical suppliers nationwide in an effort to find masks — and it never had or hid them.
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A California health care workers’ union launched a nationwide search on March 21 for face masks and other protective gear that have been in since the swept across the U.S. On March 26, the union that it had found a supplier with 39 million masks.
