Always skeptical of MSM stories, I wanted to dig a little deeper into this doctor and his statement.

The first thing that caught my attention is that he works at Mt. Sinai hospital. Mt. Sinai has a lot of connections to the covid story, but first let's see what we can find about the doctor who gave the interview.

Searching online, I cant find any mentions of a 'Steve' or 'Steven' Kaspidis/Kasspidis (spelled both ways in the Guardian story and video).

I looked through all the 'Steve' and 'Steven' listings on Mt. Sinai's doctor search. There's nothing even close to Kaspidis.

Next I searched Mt. Sinai's directory for all doctors whose last name starts with 'Kas', and turned up one result that is quite similar to Kaspidis:

• Dimitrios Kassapidis, DO https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/dimitrios-kassapidis

The profile has no picture. A search for Dimitrios Kassapidis leads to a US News & World Report bio but the picture looks nothing like the man interviewed in the video.

A search for Steve Kassapidis gives one result for a Sotirios Kassapidis who is listed as working at Mt. Sinai (even though his name did not come up in Mt. Sinai's official search).

Picture of 'Sotirios'

Picture of 'Steve' from the Guardian interview.

They look much more similar than Domitrios, but with the different age, different angle, can't see both ears, etc. it's hard to say 100% they are the same person.

Mt. Sinai does have a page/bio for Sotirios even though he didn't turn up on their internal search.

• Sotirios Kassapidis, MD https://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/sotirios-kassapidis

Pulmonary Medicine

Position CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR | Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Specialties Pulmonary Medicine Critical Care Medicine

Languages Greek English

Hospital Affiliation Mount Sinai Queens

Biography

Sotirios Kassapidis, MD, is Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. After receiving his medical degree from St. George’s University in Grenada, he completed a residency in internal medicine at SUNY, Health Science Center and was selected chief resident by his program. He went on to complete a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at SUNY, Health Science Center.

For more than 17 years, Dr. Kassapidis has been caring for patients in the Queens community. He focuses his hospital-based clinical interests on the management of critically ill patients in the intensive care units. He treats acute life-threatening respiratory, cardiovascular, metabolic, renal and infectious conditions.

In his office he cares for patients with a range of pulmonary conditions including asthma, COPD, chronic cough, occupational respiratory problems, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer and sleep disorders. He also practices general internal medicine.

Dr. Kassapidis has been awarded the Castle Connolly Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Award for 2012 -2013. This recognition identifies the top physicians in the New York City area who possess a high level of medical skill and expertise based on a review of peer nominations.

In addition, in 2002, he was awarded the coveted Physician of the Year by Mount Sinai Queens where he has also served on the Medical Board. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and is a member of the Critical Care Society of America. In addition, he has authored book chapters and a paper in the field of pulmonary medicine.

Dr. Kassapidis is from a family of physicians, including his father, uncle, and two cousins. Having been born and raised in Astoria, Dr. Kassapidis has close ties to the Queens community

Looks like he belongs to a Greek Orthodox Christian family, from this story:

https://usa.greekreporter.com/2013/08/23/anastasis-kassapidis-profile-of-a-reader/