Are contact lenses safer than specs during pandemic?
Despite having to use your hands, contacts confer no greater coronavirus risk than glasses, finds review
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Contact lenses are not likely to raise the risk of contracting COVID-19, a Canadian paper suggests.
And contrary to popular belief, glasses may offer little protection from the virus, according to the review article published in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye.