Contact lens wearers who switch to glasses may reduce odds of contracting, spreading COVID-19

The American Academy of Ophthalmology recently published recommendations for “coronavirus eye safety,” including how to limit the spread of COVID-19 infection using best practices for contact lens wearers.
Recommendations for contact lens wearers include ways to properly clean, store and wear lenses, as well as wearing eyeglasses in places of lenses because lens wearers often touch their eyes.
“I would advise not wearing contact lenses,” Francis S. Mah, MD, an OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member, told Healio/OSN. “If we are touching things in general and then

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