Did Arizona GOP Rep. Ask 'If Masks Work, Why Weren't They Needed in AIDS Crisis?'
Origin In March 2021, social media users shared widely a meme which claimed that Rep. Joseph Chaplik of Arizona had argued in favor of ending the state’s mask mandate for businesses by questioning why mask mandates were not widespread in order to stop the spread of HIV in the 1980s. On March 7, the left-leaning Facebook page Call to Activism posted the meme, which contained a photograph of Chaplik and the following text: Arizona GOP Rep. asks if masks work, why weren’t they needed during the AIDS crisis? Want to tell him? Versions of the meme spread widely on Facebook and Twitter in the ...
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