Fauci Recommends Goggles

In an Instagram Live interview hosted by ABC News yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, recommended wearing an eye shield or goggles to anyone who wants “perfect protection.” Fauci, the director of the National Institutes of Health and an expert on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, was speaking to Jennifer Ashton, MD, who asked whether eye protection may eventually be recommended. Explaining that the virus can enter through any of the body’s mucosal surfaces, which include the eyes, he said that if you have eye protection, “you should probably use it if you can.” For more on how transmission through the eyes can occur, check out writer and neurobiology postgrad Shin Jie Yong’s recent article in Elemental.