Focus on this, contact lens wearers of the world: To reduce the spread of the pandemic virus that causes Covid-19, experts suggest it's time to put your contact lenses on the shelf and dazzle the world with your frames.
Coronavirus symptoms: A list and when to seek helpThat's because wearing glasses can help you stop touching your face, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a key way any virus is spread, including the novel coronavirus currently spreading across the world.Why contact lens?Contact lens users not only touch their eyes to put in and remove their lens twice or more a day, they also touch their eyes and face much more than people who don't wear contacts, said Dr.
"Conjunctiva is modified mucus membrane, like the inside of your mouth or the inside of your nose or nasal cavity and pharynx," Steinemann said."It's moist and nice and hospitable for viruses, in fact there's lots of organisms that can stick very readily to your conjunctiva, or for that matter, stick on a contact lens that is also resting on your conjunctiva," he added.
JuliaDavisNews I always disinfect my hands thoroughly before STICKING A FINGER INTO MY EYEBALL. With glasses I am constantly touching my face as others have said. There’s a trade off which is trending to the ridiculous. If I have virus on my hands when inserting lenses it’s on every surface.
sperman_EC
Wash your hands before inserting or removing the contacts—like you should be doing already! :). Clean your case with soap and water and let air dry. Change your contacts as you’re supposed to. Don’t reuse solution. Never use water to rinse or store. Never sleep in them.
I touch my face more with glasses a lot more to adjust them on my face?
jaketapper So I can just put on sunglasses, right? And how would that stop me from touching my nose or mouth? If anything, glasses made me touch my face *more*.
Good Lord - just wah your damn hands before inserting or removing them.
I’d rather just get it
jaketapper How do you prevent your glasses from fogging up though when wearing a mask?
EdMorrissey YOU. ARE. FAKE. NEWS
jaketapper Guess what, I more often touch my face to adjust my glasses than I ever do while wearing contacts. You know what doesn't happen to me when I wear my contacts to the grocery store? My glasses falling down my nose.
Nnn
jaketapper THIS IS UTTER BOLLOCKS! FAKE NEWS NOT TRUE!! 😤😤😤😤
jaketapper Does washing hands work or not? Bc if you wash you hands (well) before touching your lenses it shouldn't be an issue.
Sooo are y'all going to completely ignore TaraReade ? JusticeForTaraReade
The main facilitator of COVID 19 are the airlines and the mass transit systems. Any passenger on an airline should be quarantined for 14 day or better yet shutdown the industry! Shutdown all busses and trains. Use the National Guard to get food to people
It’s also highly advised to avoid and ignore our “President” and his TrumpVirus OneAndDone
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Hey someone quick save this shit, CNN actually reporting something useful.
MSMIsTheEnemyOfThePeople FakeNewsCNN
Which one is racist? C’mon CNN... do your thing.
Colette_Welch
I have classes and I touch my face because they fall... I think that it is the same
I guess doesn’t wash their hands before putting in contacts.
tobyturps
“Trump bans contact lenses.”
😳... Is this a parody? It has to be, I cannot believe they actually reported Real News.
Those of us who wear contacts know we wash our hands before placing lens in our eyes and wash our hands before removing them.
People all across America right now reacting when they see CNN post an actual, unbiased story. Hey , are you feeling okay?🤔
What does CNN ak FNN eat for breakfast bowls of stupid all day 🤦🏼♂️
sammmysnider
Or you could just wash your hands
Hey, do you like being outside? You should stop that can spread the virus.
Something serious is wrong here
Probably should show people how to disinfect their glasses properly.
A young female Joe Biden staffer says Biden grabbed her by the private parts and digitally raped her, yet ZERO outrage coverage from you as you did when Trump joked about what women will allow famous men to do!!! metoo hypocrites
Because you don’t take off your glasses and rub your eyes, touch you face to adjust them ok 👍🏽
Or, you know, YOU COULD JUST WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE TOUCHING THE LENSES.
Show me the science behind this CNN
I just bought one year supply of contact lenses. Hate glasses.
Oh christ
Hey how about correcting your corona virus numbers your way off, shouldn’t be that hard to accurately update n adding a + shows a certain distain for tragic news. Remember your a news network not some faux news!
Win-win for me! Since I am working from home now my hair is dirty, I wear the same close four days in a row, I don't put on makeup and I am too lazy to put on my contacts--and now I find out NOT putting in contacts at this time may protect my health!!!👏👏👏👏
I’ve read that too. I don’t have contacts and thought about going back to them.
RandaBee ahead of the trend
No thanks. I touch my face far more often when I'm wearing glasses because they're a huge nuisance. I disinfect my hands and the lenses everytime I put them in or take them out and I rarely touch my face at all when they're in because they don't smudge or fall down my face.
Why the hell did MSNBC and cut away from Governor Cuomo! Don’t you understand he is the one we across the country want to hear from and he is comforting the nation during this time of unparalleled medical crisis!!! 🤬 WantToHearCuomoNow
That makes sense. I was regarding my glasses as further protection anyway- my goggles!! Thanks for the heads up.
AirPods are another possible source & risk to spreading the virus
catwomanizer IMHO when I have to use mask wherever I go it’s more comfortable to put the contact lens on rather than specs bcs everytime you breath it become hazy on my specs. so yep I prefer to wash my hands before and after touch the lens
Nope!
Please ask Jake to stop picking his nose and flinging in the air. The world saw him on TV. cornoravirusuk
Common sense says that if it's not in you or your house, then stop with the panic!
It’s for good. ❤️❤️
Or you could just stay in the house!
We’re Melania
Wow couldn't find a way to blame realDonaldTrump for people wearing contacts in the tweet. Maybe they will figure out how to do it over the next 50 times they tweet this same article.
America have you noticed Governor Andrew Como is on TV every day and you know what he does he does nothing but attack President Trump that’s the Democrats plan he should get off the campaign trail and he should actually start helping his citizens governor his responsibility
Could not be further from the truth
😭😭
The_Rae_Girl One good thing about wearing a mask. Is I really don’t touch my face anymore. Since I wear safety glasses at work, don’t touch my eyes much either.
And if you do not need prescription glasses, should you wear glasses anyway to protect? Do glasses offer some protection? coronavirus COVID19
And, if you're a CNN contributor, it's best revert to intercourse with your wife instead of meth-fueled anal sex with a male prostitute in a Miami Beach hotel room
I think most contact wearers already knew this.
I've had contacts for years. This is so stupid, wash your hands before and after you take them out of their STERILE solution. Not rocket science.
How long until cnn suggest people stop breathing to prevent spread?
GovHowardDean Interesting. Sounds like the same reason we should wear homemade or reusable masks
Contact lenses dropped. Yes to looking like a nerd if it is gonna keep me (and us safe). covid COVID19
GovHowardDean realdavidory
Too much hate in this world, China has the vaccine let them just give it to the world all this BS must come to an end
COVID-19’s destruction of Madrid, Spain. Madrid right now. It’s shocking. They must shut down the city. XRays, interviews with doctors, and footage inside hospitals. SHUTDOWNMADRID NoToCensorship
raizumay
That’s crap. I wear glasses and touch my face all the time.
This is so dumb. You ALWAYS wash your hands before putting in or removing contacts. More LAME 'reporting' from CNN.
Barcagurl_ it’s common sense now.
wearing glasses does not exempt you from touching your face with hands that are not extremely well washed. It is false security, it is just a plus.
Ah, glasses are safer than contact lenses, I see. Let’s take care😊
What kind of idiot doesn't wash their hands before putting their contacts in?
It makes sense.
You are supposed to have clean hands to put them in to start with.
So does wearing a mask....
Should we stop brushing our teeth as well? asking for a friend.
Um yeah...cool...
Or cut out your eyes! 😏 everyone seem to be an expert this days
You touch your face more when you wear glasses throughout the day bc you keep adjusting your glasses (pushing up off your nose, etc). Just wash your hands before you put the contacts in. This is stupid advice.
Do they improve your grammar?
You touch your face more when glasses. Note to self.
How come viruses enter your body through touching your face? Do you have any idea about this illogical statement? How do soaps kill viruses? How do you prevent viruses entering your home? Are viruses visible to naked eyes?
Hmm I'm really that would work out quick
Great, anyone want to buy me glasses? All I own are contacts.
Somebody call Caption Obvious the Libtarded version lmfao
RcMDaniel ogo aquí
Attenzione alle lenti a contatto, sono un possibile veicolo per il coronavirus. in questo periodo di 'utilizzarle il meno possibile', utilizzare gli occhiali'. Il materiale delle lenti, infatti - spiega - 'permette al virus di sopravvivere per 5 giorni e il contatto
Do you not wash your hands thoroughly before dealing to your contacts?
Tolong dibacaaa fahmiwulandari_
This word 'experts' needs to be deleted from the dictionary.
100 fucking % wrong. I touch my face and eyes 10x more with glasses on than with contacts. And anyone that wears contacts should always wash their hands before putting lenses in or taking them out. Who writes these stupid articles?
I think I'll just need to stay in quarantine until it's safe to venture out for quite some time. lol I wear glasses in emergencies and at night/morning but they probably cause me to touch my face MOAR due to me always taking them off and cleaning the lenses.
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DrAsthmaAttack
Done that because I wear glasses since I was 3years old
I’m wearing contact lenses. but I’m careful no to touch my face. Of course, I always wear my hands when wearing contact lenses.
Shut up. CNN is propeganda.
I'm constantly adjusting my glasses
Damn, first I can't leave the house, now I can't put on my contacts? Might as well not get out of bed either.
Or you could just chop off your hands, that will definitely stop the face touching 🤗
No.
Hard disagree, with glasses I constantly have to push them up my nose or adjust them so I can see.
They do not. Well my glasses cover my eyes, not my face...
No thanks
Cringe.
Good advive
Because it’s safer than putting contacts that might be infected
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