SvennoJ on 17 September 2020
Interesting observation, glasses might help prevent infection
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/new-study-makes-curious-observation-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-were-less-likely-to-wear-glasses-1.5109849
The researchers hypothesized that wearing glasses might have prevented some spread of the virus due to the glasses discouraging “wearers from touching their eyes, thus avoiding transferring the virus from the hands to the eyes.”
They noted that previous research has shown that the enzyme that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) uses as a receptor is in abundance on the surface of the eye.
Kinda makes sense stated that way. My glasses also help to keep the face mask snug around my nose.
