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Those who wear eyeglasses have a 15% lower odds of becoming infected with CoVid.  This from a study by infectious disease researchers at University College London that surveyed some 19,166 persons between June, 2020 and February, 2022.  A few more than 71% regularly wore corrective lenses.  Information regarding CoVid infection was assembled from national databases and study-associated testing.

 

Of the study group, CoVid infections occurred in 22.99% of those who never wore eyeglasses but in only 15.63% of those who did wear them consistently.  There was no protection from CoVid in those who only wore glasses sometimes or in those who wore contact lenses.  By the way, those eyeglass wearers who stated that they tended not to wear masks since their glasses fogged when they did suffered a reduced protective effect.

 

The study emphasizes that your eyes are a significant portal for CoVid entry into your body in two ways.  The virus can directly infect ocular tissues but also travel down your tear ducts into your nose.  While corrective eyeglasses don’t offer the solid protection of goggles worn by our healthcare workers, they do help.  If you don’t need glasses to see better, you can always wear sunglasses or frames with clear glass to help protect yourself and make a fashion statement.

 

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.29.22272997v1.full.pdf

 

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