Should people start wearing 2 masks?
WPTV s Ashleigh Walters on Thursday spoke with Dr. Ramprasad Gopalan, an infectious disease specialist in South Florida, to answer your questions about wearing two masks.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. â The nation s top medical adviser suggested recently that wearing two masks is better than one. So if you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci
said Monday on NBC s Today show. That s the reason why you see people either double masking or doing a version of an N95.
Infectious disease doctor discusses mutated strain of COVID-19 December 23, 2020 at 2:15 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 2:25 PM
As a new mutation of the coronavirus has made its way to the United Kingdom, should Florida residents be concerned about it spreading to the Sunshine State?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the new strain appears to spread more easily and may be up to 70% more transmissible than the earlier strain.
WPTV s Miranda Christian spoke to Dr. Ramprasad Gopalan, an infectious disease specialist, to discuss this new variant, known as COVID-202012/01. In this country, the implications are minimal yet, Gopalan said.
However, he said there is no certainty that the mutated virus hasn t already made it to the U.S.
Live Q&A: COVID-19 vaccine December 17, 2020 at 11:50 AM EST - Updated December 17 at 8:31 PM
The COVID-19 vaccine is officially in Florida, so now what?
WPTV brought together a panel of doctors Thursday night to ask what s on your mind.
Hosted by WPTV anchor Shannon Cake, the discussion featured Dr. Denzil Seedial, Dr. Ramprasad Gopalan and Dr. Ravi Pandey.
Seedial is a critical care medicine and pulmonologist at Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Disorders Institute of South Florida, the largest integrated pulmonary and chest specialty group in Palm Beach County.
Gopalan is an infectious disease specialist who practices medicine in seven of Palm Beach County s hospitals.
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