Fauci Says Eye Protection Might Be Recommended to Fight Virus

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg

Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. expert on infectious disease, tells ABC News that eye protection may be recommended as part of effort to prevent spread of Covid-19.

“If you have goggles or a face shield you should use it to protect as many mucosal surfaces as possible,” Fauci says in interview carried on Instagram

“It’s not universally recommended, but if you really want to be complete, you should probably use it if you can,” Fauci says

Read more: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/coronavirus/fauci-says-eye-protection-might-be-recommended-to-fight-virus

[forgotmylogin]

1. I've been wearing my glasses instead of contact lenses in public since this started. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

12. Me too, but to play it safe and smart

I got some goggles in case we have a shortage in the future, like there are with N95 masks. I got them to fit over my glasses and they only cost $10 (including shipping) from a place that supplies schools with goggles for Science classes. I figured that if I ever flew on a plane I would use them but now I would not do that. Now I won't fly without a full hazmat suit. I read today that a lot of others are having the same idea for flying and they have been selling a lot of them lately.

If I were still teaching I wouldn't go back into a school building without wearing one.

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Could you please share a link to the vendor you used for the goggles? TIA ❤ nt

[BigmanPigman]

24. I just Googled the goggles

(That's fun to say 5 times fast) and saw a ton that were even cheaper than mine ($3 and less!). Here is the link to the kind I got...
https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/chemical-safety-goggles-anti-fog-adult/

[littlemissmartypants]

25. Thank you! ❤ nt

[TuxedoKat]

19. Me too.

Was planning to start wearing contacts again right when all the restrictions started. Decided to stay with my glasses because I have a tendency to touch my eyes much more when wearing contacts.

[Tommymac]

2. Guess I'll be wearing my sunglasses at night. n/t

[underpants]

6. 😎

[lark]

18. I wear sunglasses constantly when outside during the day and often in brightly lit stores.

When I had cataract surgery I got these anti-glare sunglasses made like safety glasses. They aren't dark, just very anti-glare. I use these for walking at 7am or driving on cloudy days and I can also wear them into the grocery store. I have my really dark polarized sunglasses for driving & when it's bright outside. Living in FL, you have to protect your eyes, even without CV.

Having read Dr. Fauci's suggestion, I will now be wearing my safety goggles when it's dark & rainy & I have to go out.

[sfstaxprep]

3. LOL!!!

People won't even wear a mask over their mouths. NO F&*KING WAY they're going to do Jack S&*t about their eyes.

[NYC Liberal]

4. Watch. People will misinterpret this and put on a pair of sunglasses, but no mask.

"Fauci said to wear eye protection, what more do ya want?!?"

[JI7]

7. people already wear glasses and they won't be as uncomfortable

as masks which people don't like becsuse of the warm air when breathing.

[Thekaspervote]

5. I had a very intractable case of pink eye in late Jan after a 31 hr train ride on the SW Chief

Pink eye can be a presentation of covid. Lots of symptoms followed including low grade fever. Was never tested, no one except a very few were tested then. I have since recovered, a few issues still

[Doreen]

9. Not fun.

I had that a few times when I was a child. My poor mother trying to keep an ADHD child from rubbing my eyes.

[yaesu]

8. I would love to get a moon suit just to piss off the tRumpsters. nt

[certainot]

10. take this seriously. i have a neighbor hard of hearing and talks loud and we both wear masks

but he naturally keeps edging closer and his mask if half-assed

or in the store someone like that blows by.

or like the 6-5 guy in the hardware store wearing a bandana who walks over and leans over to ask if he can help

it's stupid not to take faucci seriously on this. stupid. stupid.

[The empressof all]

11. I don't think glasses would provide that much protection.

There are too many gaps between your glasses and your face to let the vapor that carries the virus in. People don't always approach and speak with you facing towards you. I would imagine in fact that the vapor could get trapped between the frame and your face which seems to me to increase the likelyhood of infection.

I'm not a medical professional...Now just a paranoid Glasses wearer.

Yes...I scare myself all the time....and with the Rona I hate doing it alone.

[Demonaut]

13. glasses are a limited form of protection, always mask up

on edit, I went to the gun range today, very few wearing masks

[The empressof all]

14. Of course..Masks always!

I just was observing that there is alot of gap between glasses and face which would not provide adequate protection from the virus entering the eye as Fauci warned today. I went ahead and bought some shields today to wear over the eyes and my mask. Ugh...Now I just need to convince the spouse to wear shield or goggles with the mask.

[LisaL]

17. Get safety glasses with foam around the frames for closer contact with the face.

Or even goggles.

[pecosbob]

15. I wear a face mask and a splash shield at work...retail

like one that you might wear if working with venomous snakes.

[lagomorph777]

21. Or Republicans

[lagomorph777]

20. I've been using a face shield for 5 months.

It's so clear and comfortable that I often forget I'm wearing it.

Of course, it's in addition to the mask!

The shield looks like this:

[AwakeAtLast]

22. But sure, let's send kids and teachers back to school.

[Noodleboy13]

23. This gives me the perfect excuse....

Little back story, last summer I was in a coma for 3 weeks, and spent the next 3 months in hospital learning to walk and talk again. Was released just shortly before the 'rona. Looked around at the State of Things, and decided,well heck, it's the "End of the World" might as well cos-play. Turns out I've had a life long affinity for Steampunk. Yes, I dress like a Victorian gentleman nearly everyday. Now, one the 'motifs' of Steampunk is the Plague Doctor (my cloth beak half mask is on its way from Europe as I type) but this latest news affords me the opportunity to upgrade to a full face, goggled Plague doctor mask. Seriously, when am I ever going to get another chance wear one those around again? That's why I kinda don't get the whole anti-mask thing; if ya have a little fun with it, it's really no big deal. Kids love masks, and costumes in general. I think we all might be in a better state if all played a little more and took ourselves so seriously and argued less.

peace,
Noodleboy