A chiropractor in Victoria, B.C., is under investigation after writing a letter to his local newspaper that falsely suggests wearing a mask can cause "dangerous" accumulations of carbon dioxide. On Saturday, the Victoria Times Colonist published a letter to the editor from chiropractor Richard Lambert, written in response to an earlier pro-mask letter . Some of Lambert's letter falls in line with the advice of B.C. But Lambert's letter also includes a widely debunked claim about the potential risks of wearing a mask. As Dr. Jennifer Kwan, a family physician in Burlington, Ont., pointed out, medical professionals wear masks all day and "it has not caused doctors or nurses or surgeons any harm."

Source: CBC News July 31, 2020 01:10 UTC