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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:14 AM Mar 2020

Caution to switch from contacts to glasses

[link:https://wreg.com/news/coronavirus/do-you-wear-contact-lenses-experts-suggest-switching-to-glasses/|


That’s because wearing glasses can help you stop touching your face, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a key way any virus is spread, including the novel coronavirus currently spreading across the world.

Why contact lens?
Contact lens users not only touch their eyes to put in and remove their lens twice or more a day, they also touch their eyes and face much more than people who don’t wear contacts, said Dr. Thomas Steinemann, a clinical spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

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Glasses may also provide a tiny bit more protection from any coronavirus virus particles floating in the air, Steinemann said, although it’s more likely that you’d be infected via your mouth and nose than your eye.

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Caution to switch from contacts to glasses (Original Post) SheltieLover Mar 2020 OP
I personally find the idea of contact lenses disturbing ck4829 Mar 2020 #1
Yup... Every HCW I know ceased wearing contact lenses a LONG time ago. It is TOO risky... hlthe2b Mar 2020 #2
Well fitting glasses, though Lars39 Mar 2020 #3

hlthe2b

(101,714 posts)
2. Yup... Every HCW I know ceased wearing contact lenses a LONG time ago. It is TOO risky...
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:21 AM
Mar 2020

Put your vanity aside. Glasses can be a help in many many ways right now.

Lars39

(26,093 posts)
3. Well fitting glasses, though
Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:22 AM
Mar 2020

If you're always pushing them up you might still be touching your face. Also, those glasses need to be disinfected also.

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