THE GREAT AMERICAN MASK DEBATE: MYTH VS. FACT
NYC-based Board-Certified Internist, Gastroenterologist, and faculty member at Touro College of Medicine DR NIKET SONPAL;

Now that states nationwide are re-opening, mask-wearing has become a controversial topic of debate. Niket Sonpal, MD, is an NYC-based Board-Certified Internist, Gastroenterologist, and faculty member at Touro College of Medicine. During the apex of the pandemic, he served on the front lines at NYC hospitals. Dr. Sonpal has extensive broadcast, print, and digital experience dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Some say Masks only help if someone is sick, if I wear a mask, I don’t to need social distance, my mask only needs to cover my face, wearing a mask will make me sick, dizzy or lose oxygen even if I’m healthy, cloth masks are useless, a loose-fitting mask works fine, if I wear a mask, I’m completely safe, babies should wear masks – no only children over 2 years of age, everyone should be wearing surgical masks or N-95 respirators.