Thread by @denise_dewald

I honestly have no idea whether the pediatric N95/KN95 masks that I am buying online are actually going to protect my child.

I feel so helpless. And I am a pediatrician.

NIOSH does no test or approve pediatric mask, since kids aren't workers.

FDA doesn't test N95 respirators in children, claiming that they weren't designed for children.

So basically since children aren't valuable as workers, our government is doing NOTHING to ensure that they can be protected from a deadly respiratory virus

I am beyond outraged. We need testing and standards for pediatric N95 masks.

@US_FDA @NIOSH @POTUS @AmerAcadPeds @CDCgov

I am going to venture that being in a room full of children who are not required to wear masks or be vaccinated during a pandemic poses an equivalent risk to a child as that of a health care worker seeing patients in the ER.