As state governments and hospitals have scrambled to obtain masks and other medical supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, scammers attempted to sell a fake stockpile of 39 million masks to a California labor union.on Sunday that the FBI had uncovered the scam, which has been traced back to a broker in Australia and a supplier in Kuwait.
The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West promised at the end of March that it would make the millions of masks available, as government agencies and hospitals planned to purchase some of the supply. But as the FBI investigated, it became apparent that the union had been duped, although no financial transaction had yet been made..
Close-up of N95 respirator mask during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, California on March 30Hospitals and medical professionals have struggled to find adequate supplies of personal protective equipment , which includes masks and other gear to protect doctors and nurses treating individuals with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. In many cases, hospitals have asked staff to reuse supplies as the number of patients has surged while stockpiles have dwindled.
Well and good. But why is the federal government taking peoples shit? Not only do they stifle supplies but when you finally get a shipment they take it.
Assholes everywhere
Do disgusting
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Aye aye old Trump up to his old tricks again! NotFitToRule
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The Union is a scam? Wild guess? They’re Democrats.
OMG ...even MASKS?
'The investigators discovered the scam because they were looking into whether the supply could be intercepted by the federal government through the Defense Production Act.'