Making the Best of it How to keep glasses from fogging up:  Glasses fog up for one reason, a temperature differential.  The key is to keep the moisture from your breath from going directly onto your glasses.  Keeping a snug fit over the nose area will help, especially if your mask has a metal bar to help keep the shape.  If not, there are two ways to prevent fogging up according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department: One is to…

Navigating the Coronavirus Outbreak

  Guarding your eyes – as well as your hands and mouth – can be critical in helping slow the spread of COVID-19. Coronavirus can cause mild to severe respiratory illness.  The latest updates from the CDC, COVID-19 seems to be of the type of virus that spread easily and sustainably. Coronavirus can spread through the eyes.  It is important to limit eye exposure.  You can become infected by touching something that has the virus on it (tabletop or doorknob)…

Surprising Ties Between Coronavirus and Your Eyes

Did you know that NASA has a fully equipped eye care clinic at the International Space Station? It’s become a necessity. We’ve learned that while in space, in addition to bone and muscle density changes, astronauts’ eyes go through visual and physical changes as well. Astronauts can experience SANS during space travel, Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome. While in space, the eye globe experience flattening. This causes a hyperopic shift, making the astronauts become more farsighted. During their time in micro…

Eyes In Space