Wearing Glasses & Coronavirus Protection

“In one hospital in Suizhou, China, 276 patients were admitted over a 47 day period, but only 16 patients — less than 6 percent — had myopia or nearsightedness that required them to wear glasses for more than eight hours a day. By comparison, more than 30 percent of similarly aged people in the region needed glasses for nearsightedness, earlier research had shown” Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times.

A September 16, 2020 New York Times Article reports on a study recently published in JAMA Ophthalmology discussing the possible connection between wearing glasses and protection from the coronavirus.