[Eg_cruz]

Originally Posted by trekker954

I just saw him on one of the morning shows. I'm not so sure I'm buying into his symptoms. They do not appear to be in sync with others and he's admited he's pushed and been tested four times, negative. He got to the hospital and insisted not to be incubated, although he wasn't even near that point. He was given oxygen and is feeling much better. Anxiety that you have the virus can bring on hyperventilation and breathing difficulties. And for him to get interviewed and such so quickly without testing positive. I'm a nay sayer here on this one. I'll apologize if I'm wrong.

But my husband who had a stomach ache the other day, came in an told me about Fair and his stomach ache. UGHHHHHH. I reminded my husband he is what he eats which has been awful during the pandemic. Thats why he had a stomach ache. He was fine the next day when I took away all his cashews and salty food.

One has to consider the source of the interview NBC / MSNBC.....feels like someone wantS his 15 minutes of fame

[arbajeda]

There's no way to accurately tell where he got infected without contact tracing. The only reason his story has any credence is because he's a doctor. And if you read much about this mess you will find opinions all over the spectrum from doctors.

[rmd2]

The eyes have mucous membranes and a virus can enter the body this way.

[kendi]

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?

Much appreciation.

I don't trust the guy if he thinks wearing gloves is better than washing hands or using hand sanitizer. Those things give a false sense of protection unless you know the proper way to use them which is impossible to do when flying. They actually make it easier to pick up the germs. Is he really a doctor? If so, glad he was never mine.

[DonnaNi4os]

I’m guessing that he was wearing an N95 mask which led him to the conclusion that he contracted it from his eyes. That being said, he may have contracted it prior to his flight without knowing. He was simply speculating, let’s not all start buying goggles or shields unless you are in a very high risk group.

[JoMar]

The masks we wear are not to stop you from breathing in the virus, it is to prevent the wearer from spreading the virus. Medical folks wear face shields which also protect the eyes. There is also a battle going on between the Feds and the airlines on who has responsibility for contact tracing. Seems if you fly and someone on your flight has the virus you will never be contacted or know you were exposed.

[Velvet]

Masks can be a fashion statement, from bad-ass to sexy. As well as good for our collective health.

[thomp679]

Originally Posted by Eg_cruz@comcast.net

One has to consider the source of the interview NBC / MSNBC.....feels like someone wantS his 15 minutes of fame

Yeah...thats it. You exposed another deep state conspiracy.

[Velvet]

That observation about swim googles is a good one. First, I thought about ski masks when flying but swim googles fit tighter. We are just talking till the vaccine is available.

[Bmjckp]

Originally Posted by Eg_cruz@comcast.net

One has to consider the source of the interview NBC / MSNBC.....feels like someone wantS his 15 minutes of fame

Let’s see....he’s in a hospital bed, just downgraded from critical condition and you think he’s looking for “15 minutes of fame”?

That is disgusting!

[Windguy]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Anyone able to explain this to me?

It's just a WAG, but are you sure the pilots were wearing masks? If they are on the same air system as the travelers, recycled air could have infected people.

Another thought is that it takes a week or two to show symptoms, so who knows where else the doctor had been.

[Jacob85]

I have read other sources that admit the mask helps protect the person wearing it also. At least protects you from the big droplets. I suspect that they pushed the idea it doesn’t protect you so the health card workers would be able to get them. The surgical masks are better than the cloth masks so it would depend on the type of masks the other people had.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Jacob85

I have read other sources that admit the mask helps protect the person wearing it also. At least protects you from the big droplets. I suspect that they pushed the idea it doesn’t protect you so the health card workers would be able to get them. The surgical masks are better than the cloth masks so it would depend on the type of masks the other people had.

I thought the same thing, given the limited supply of effective masks. But then health care workers etc are front line, deal very closely with infected people. I wouldn’t begrudge them anything to protect themselves.

Nevertheless, I take every precaution, myself. I’m giving this virus a heck of a hard time finding me.

[JulieER]

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?

Much appreciation.

“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.