@nazokiyoubinbou I think it is also important to understand that there are some people, myself included, who cannot wear a respirator appropriately and safely.
Just last week I "failed breathing" again at work. It is illegal for me to work in any environment where a respirator is required. Fortunately, there is very little call for such work in my particular role so my employer can make a reasonable accommodation for me.
When I hear people wanting to make N95s mandatory PPE in more situations - especially public accommodations I worry that it will impact my employment. For example, if N95s are required PPE in healthcare settings, I would become illegal for me to do any work in a healthcare setting because I am cannot get a licensed to wear a respirator even if the task I am performing would not need one otherwise. I work in a heavily regulated industry were we can lose billions of dollars in federally overseen contracts for not strictly observing PPE regulations. "Lets require everyone to wear an N95" is a real threat to my employment.
@antares @luckytran To be clear, if N95s *were* mandatory, there would be actual medical exceptions. Heck, there already were during the short time we almost accept the pandemic as real. Of course people took advantage and made up exceptions, but I'd rather a world where a handful make up exceptions than a world where no one wears one. Remember, if others wear one it protects you too. But yes, I do agree that it should be allowed that there be *SOME* exceptions.