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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I would imagine by now, most everyone has seen Dr. Fair, epidemiologist and virologist on TV. He believes he contracted the coronovirus through his eyes on a crowded airline flight. Here is an article in case you haven't heard yet......
Virologist hospitalized with coronavirus believes he got it through his eyes
Dr. Fair had on a mask and gloves on this crowded airline flight. I have not heard if every single person on the flight, including the flight crew, were wearing masks. If in fact, every single person on the flight had on a mask and were wearing it properly, the possibility of droplets getting into Dr. Fair's eyes would be next to nothing. (Masks do block droplets from being spewed into the air from a person breathing, speaking, coughing or sneezing.)
I'm not an expert about transmission of viruses but I've been like a sponge reading lots about this virus and watching a lot of the experts discussing this on TV. I am confused as to why Dr. Fair thinks he may have contracted this new coronavirus in his eyes. Let me explain my thoughts..........It is a well known fact that wearing a mask DOES NOT protect the wearer. Wearing a mask protects the people around the wearer of the mask. Having said that, from what I understand about wearing a mask, Dr. Fair could have very easily contracted the virus from breathing it in through his mask. I will reiterate.....unless every single person on the plane were wearing a mask, contracting the virus through the mask was very possible.
I remain confused as to why a physician would think his wearing a mask protected him from breathing in the virus and come to the conclusion that he must have contracted the virus through his eyes. ????????????????
Anyone able to explain this to me? How about you.golfingeagles? Can you shed some light so I can understand this?
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“Although he’s not sure that’s how he contracted the virus, he said it’s his best guess.” So really nothing to understand here. He just didn’t know how else he got it, so guessed thru his eyes.