The N95 mask is dangerous for children. It is a filtering facepiece respirator.

Masking-Ottawa Public Health "Parents and caregivers may have questions about the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NOSH) approved respirators (such as N95's) for children...Although respirators may be available in smaller sizes, they are typically designed to be used by adults in workplaces and therefore have not been tested for broad use in children."

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"An N95 respirator is a respiratory protective device designed to achieve a very close fit and very efficient filtration of airborne particles. Note that the edges of the respirator are designed to form a seal around the nose and mouth."

 Call these devices what they are---filtering facepiece respirators or FFR's.

Safety Precautions - 

"If your child has a hard time breathing, gets dizzy, or has other symptoms while you are trying to get the mask to fit better while using an ASTM 53502 or a respirator, choose a regular cloth or disposable mask."

 A quote from Dr. Nili Kaplan Myrth---"Months ago, I advocated as a delegate to the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board for educators across Ontario to have access to improved masks, and finally, now, educators will be given N95's. But students are literally given inferior cloth masks." Ottawa Public Health does not recommend that young people wear N95's, Dr. Kaplan Myrth.

N95's must form a seal to the face to work properly. Wearing an N95 can make it harder for a person to breathe.

I returned to the Capital a few weeks ago, after visiting several Alberta cities and towns---Grand Prairie, Calgary, Peace River, La Crete, Slave Lake and High Prairie...I did not see one person wearing a filtering facepiece respirator. 

Read Section 17 of the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Medical exemptions include anxiety (many people with anxiety hyperventilate and their breathing cannot be constricted), asthma, allergies, lung and heart problems. Individuals who are deaf have to communicate by reading lips. 

Leave the children alone.