Harianjogja.com, JAKARTA – Glasses have the potential to protect people from the Corona virus that causes Covid-19.
According to reports WebMD, On Friday (18/9/2020), a report from China said only about 6 percent of the 276 patients hospitalized for Covid-19 at the Suizhou Zengdu Hospital in China wore glasses because of nearsightedness every day.
Yiping Wei, from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, speculates that people who wear glasses tend to be reluctant to touch their eyes, so this could prevent infection with the corona virus (Covid-19).
“Eye protection also has the potential to reduce the risk of airborne droplets when the virus hits the eye,” said the study authors in a report published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Safety, in Baltimore said it was an observational study and you can’t conclude anything definite from it, there are suggestions that eye protection of any kind can reduce your risk of infection.
“This needs to be confirmed with other observational studies and more formal studies, for example the use of face shields. However, there is increasing attention that eye protection is important, ”added Adalja.
Many hospitals – including Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, NY – require doctors, nurses and visitors to wear goggles or face shields along with masks to fully protect them from SARS-CoV-2.
Aaron Glatt, Chair of Medicine and Chief Epidemiologist, said glasses might provide some protection, but it’s clear that with ordinary glasses, airborne particles that could theoretically enter the eye can easily get around the glasses.
Source: JIBI / Bisnis Indonesia
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