A physician based in Roseville, Calif., who has successfully treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients, has recently become well-known for issuing mask and vaccine medical exemptions to select individuals. When word-of-mouth spread, Dr. Michael Huang’s office was swamped with calls and emails from thousands of patients—several from out-of-state—pleading for mask and vaccine exemptions for themselves and their children, he said. Huang said he has been working 15- to 16-hour days trying to see as many patients as he can. “I am so tired,” he told The Epoch Times. “I’m pleading for help and pleading for other doctors to step up and do their jobs.” Recent news articles have painted a different picture, publishing accusations that Huang was handing out “fake” mask exemptions. On Aug. 17, the state medical board issued a statement encouraging people to report doctors who are “granting mask exemptions inappropriately” and warning the physicians could face “disciplinary action” for …