Mask misconceptions lead Kansas City man to do his own scientific studies

A Kansas City, Missouri, man is doing his own research after coming across false information on social media.

BUSTING THE MYTHSABOUT MASKS.THAT'S A LOCAL MAN'SMISSION -- AS MASKMANDATES RAMP UP in THEMETRO AND ACROSS THECOUNTRY.MCKENZIE NELSONSHOWS THE EXPERIMENTAN ENGINEER PERFORMEDON HIMSELF.MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGWITH MASK MANDATES INMANY PARTS OF THEMETRO AREA, MANYPEOPLE STILL HAVEMISCONCEPTIONS.LIBBY ANDERSON -"My friend is kind of like thatand I'm just like, put it on,justwear it, it's fine, you're notdying."AS MASK MANDATES WENTINTO PLACE - DEBATES ONEFFECTIVENESS TOOKCENTER STAGE.ATAYA BENSON"Half of them do like to wearthem and half of them don'tbecause some people can'tbreathe in them and stuff sothey would rather not havethem required."IF YOU'RE TIRED OFHEARING ABOUT MASKSFROM HEALTH EXPERTS -A RESEARCHER ANDENGINEER FOR U-M-K-C ISSHARING HIS OWNFINDINGS.STEVE SIEGEL - SENIORRESEARCH DESIGN ENGINEERFOR PHYSICS DEPT/ UMKC"I said I'm just going to proveitout and so I went out andbought one of these littleblood pulse oximeters, Iresearched and found this isone of the more accurateones."STEVE SIEGEL WANTED TOTEST HIS BLOOD OXYGENLEVELS WITH ANDWITHOUT A MASK ON.HE ALSO TESTED HISLEVELS AFTER WORKINGOUT IN THE HEAT.SIEGEL"95-100 percent is considerednormal from what I've read,I'm not a medical expert."MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGAFTER WALKING USTHROUGH HIS OWNRESEARCH, WE DECIDEDTO GO OUT AND BUY APULSE OXIMETER TO GETOUR OWN RESULTS ANDAFTER BEING OUTSIDEFOR 20 MINUTES WITHOUTWEARING A MASK MYBLOOD OXYGEN LEVELWAS AT A 98.SIEGEL"Below 90 is when they startquestioning the efficiency ofyour lungs and that maybethere's an issue."THE NUMBERS ARERELATIVE -MEANING YOU WANT THEMTO BE AROUND THE SAMEWITH AND WITHOUT YOURMASK ON.SIEGEL"You can't argue with provenfacts, there's just no way toargue it."MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGI'VE BEEN WEARING MYMASK NOW OUTSIDE INTHE HEAT FOR ABOUT 20MINUTES AND AFTERTESTING MY BLOODOXYGEN LEVELS AGAIN,IT'S SITTING AT A 97.SIEGEL"Nobody knows, this is allunknown and this is allresearch and unfortunatelywe're caught in the middle ofit."ACCORDING TO SIEGEL'SRESEARCH - WEARING AMASK DOES NOT IMPACTYOUR BREATHING MUCH -AND LIKE HEALTHOFFICIALS - HE'SENCOURAGING EVERYONETO WEAR ONE.REPORTING IN Kansas City,MCKENZIE NELSON,