[HN Gopher] Association of Daily Wear of Eyeglasses with Suscept...
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       Association of Daily Wear of Eyeglasses with Susceptibility to
       Covid Infection
        
       Author : notacoward
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2021-02-05 21:22 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | tiahura wrote:
       | Confirms my intuition, but the magnitude of the effect seems like
       | it's probably overstated. 5.8% vs 31.5% would suggest a lot more
       | infection occurs via the eyes than seems plausible.
        
         | foolmeonce wrote:
         | I wonder about the timing and behavior aspects. If there was
         | near total compliance with masks and if they are highly
         | effective then it would make sense that remaining infections
         | were via the eye.
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         | But I'm surprised wearing a mask with glasses wouldn't lead to
         | more incompliance or accidental exposure due to fogging..
        
       | djrogers wrote:
       | Interesting results, but this seems like a rather small sample -
       | 276 hospitalized patients. Id like to think we have enough data
       | now to analyze these things more holistically, but I guess not?
        
       | ndiscussion wrote:
       | Does anyone have statistics on how many people are underserved
       | medically in China? One reason this could happen is that people
       | with glasses are more privileged, tend to work office jobs, etc.
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       | In the USA, our underclass (DoorDash, et al) is able to afford
       | eyeglasses, but that's not necessarily the case elsewhere.
        
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