[katieHaylor (OP)]

Berwyn asks:

Did I hear a radio report (on BBC Radio5Live?) that Chinese doctors had noticed that the proportion of spectacle-wearing Covid patients was considerably lower than that found in the general population?

[alancalverd]

Age and wisdom are preventive.

And the eye has been shown to be an entry point for the virus. Given the quantity of muck I wipe off my specs several times a day (to say nothing of the imprint of an airgun pellet in an old pair of plastic lenses) I'm eternally grateful for myopia!