I haven’t seen so many masks since I was a Trick or Treater. Even as a physician, I have worn surgical masks very rarely as it was uncommon for me to be in an operating room, where masks and gowns are part of the dress code. Until I embarked upon a transition to telemedicine recently, many of the patients coming to see me in the office were masked. The official dogma on wearing masks during the pandemic is evolving. Experts at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the World Health Organization (WHO), the Surgeon General as well as many prominent public health officials had advised just recently that masks were not an effective barrier against coronavirus. This is why asymptomatic individuals were not advised to mask up. In contrast, we were told that these masks should be worn by symptomatic individuals who were coughing or sneezing as masks may reduce the risk that others will become infected. Just days ago, there was a sudden change in policy. Now t
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