>> “To anyone here who believes a cloth mask is effective in preventing you from getting a covid infection: What kind of eye protection did you use to prevent an infection via your eyes?” <<
But are the eyes a common means of infection? I’ve read that breathing in through the nose and mouth (which have much larger openings) is the most common way.
But are the eyes a common means of infection? I’ve read that breathing in through the nose and mouth (which have much larger openings) is the most common way.
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Common enough that the government (and common sense) says don't put your fingers in/or rub your eyes if you've been out in public without washing your hands well. The reason? You can introduce pathogens, including viruses...including covid, via your eyes.
It's also why technicians and scientists who work in bio safety labs that deal with viruses like covid wear eye protection.
Just one example publication on this topic:
Coronavirus and Your Eyeshttps://www.med.unc.edu/ophth/wp-content/uploads/sites/806/2020/03/CoronaVirusandYourVision.pdf (American Academy of Ophthalmology - 2020)How can coronavirus affect your eyes? The first thing to understand is that coronavirus can spread through the eyes — just as it does through the mouth or nose.
When someone who has coronavirus coughs, sneezes, or talks, virus particles can spray from their mouth or nose onto your face. You are likely to breathe these tiny droplets in through your mouth or nose. But the droplets can also enter your body through your eyes. You can also become infected by touching your eyes after touching something that has the virus on it.
The fact that the government bureaucrats initially (and correctly) told people there was no need to wear masks...and then later mandated that people wear a piece of relatively loose fitting cloth over their nose and mouth, but have zero such mandate to even pretend to have people protect the eyes is proof positive enough that much of what they've done has been a sham.
It's about control. It's about the visual. If enough people see everyone else walking around with a mask on, most people will in turn do what the government tells them to do because it looks very serious for everyone (and not just very serious for those who are immunocompromised and at risk of lots of different pathogens).
It was also about politics. They hated Trump enough to do everything from spy on him, to call him an agent of Russia, to destroy the greatest economy and spread fear and uncertainty in the country. They needed him out, by any means necessary.