A word for face shields

PatO · Nov 19, 2021

Robinsons mall this morning. first time in a long time. no face shield.

Toto · Nov 19, 2021

For that long plan flight.

Notmyrealname · Nov 19, 2021

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I think the chance of catching it through the eyes is very low, but I do wear the face shield indoors, etc. None of the autopsies have shown infection along the optic nerve. They do find it in tears, etc., but the person is coughing so that could be how. While it does look like a good entry way, I've only read of one person who thought they got it that way on a long plane flight. Many people wear poorly fitted surgical masks. Those filter around 40% out and less if not fitted properly. I've noticed myself making mistakes, and tend to think we are all human and do that. I do wear clear plastic dust shields that Aces gave me from cataract surgery, but those aren't accepted as face shields by guards. I think a good fitting K95 mask works, but I suspect knock offs. They tested knock offs and some of them were up to 80% though, which I think is pretty good. If I take a plane flight, I'll be wearing the ACE's dust shields though.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882915/

Agree that health care workers are at the greater risk (as would be expected due to their close vicinity to people) but "According to a review of 172 studies analyzing data collected from 16 countries, if healthcare workers and executives wore eye shields, there is a significant protection against being infected by this virus and other respiratory pathogens. Moreover, wearing eye protection may make the transmission of COVID-19 about three times less likely, according to the study".

So, personal choice but unarguably another layer of protection.

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