Did your kid get glasses post-pandemic? Study says myopia rates are soaring around the world

CBC News ^ | Jan 06, 2025 | Mike Crawley

[jerod]

Don't worry... It has nothing to do with the shots. /s

[Hot Tabasco]

Nor those hand held little computers that kids seem to be staring into all day long.

[The Free Engineer]

To me it seems more likely staring at screens all the time.

[PeterPrinciple]

suggests a potential association

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note those words.

[TexasGator]

“Don’t worry... It has nothing to do with the shots. /s””

You have a myopic view of the facts.

[Owen]

Pretty much that. Near work.

During the virus, the kids were kept away from other people.

They were never in danger but their grandparents were, so limiting infections was a good thing . . .for the grandparents.

[higgmeister]

Well it does say it has been a treand for the past three decades.  o; The obvious factor is straining to look at cell phones 24/7.

[Jonty30]

Computer screen time of spending entire school days in front of a computer did this.

[higgmeister]

I typed my comment before reading the text.   Of course it is looking at cell phones.   Sixty years ago, I made myself myopic reading Science Fiction books under the covers at night with a flashlight.

[SoConPubbie]

To me it seems more likely staring at screens all the time.

So what is the correlation between the particularly high increase after the COVID shots?

[SpaceBar]

Staring into a phone every waking moment will no doubt affect a person’s vision, probably more so for young eyes.

[suthener]

I’ve been thinking lately that glasses are like dental braces; if you can pay for them, you need them. I was diagnosed as needing glasses 40 years ago. I’ve never worn them and I’ve functioned quite well.

[N. Theknow]

I needed and received glasses when I was 14.
Wore glasses and/or contacts for 48 years. Vision was 20/250.
In 2010 I became the fourth person in my family’s history to get 2nd sight which is where your farsightedness overrides your nearsightedness and you have perfect vision.
Vision now is 20/15.

[ComputerGuy]

Little Sis is nearsighted and has worn glasses all her life. As farsightedness kicked in with age her vision has gotten better.

[Eccl 10:2]

I can't imagine why...

[N. Theknow]

God bless her as it truly is a heaven sent blessing

[ComputerGuy]

By the time she was in her thirties, her vision had improved a bit. Her older glasses became ‘too strong’.

[MNDude]

It would be interesting to compare Rhode Island to Wyoming

[mewzilla]

From November of 2021. Check out the laundry list...

Uveitis and Other Ocular Complications Following COVID-19 Vaccination

[Red Badger]

Hmmm.....When I was a kid they said we’d go blind..............