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       Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Pat
       ients with Confirmed 2019 Novel Coro
       By: mixin Date: February 9, 2020, 10:17 am
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       This is from the CDC; it's long so I won't post it.
  HTML https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control.html
       One important thing is their recommendation of: Adherence to
       Standard, Contact, and Airborne Precautions, Including the Use
       of Eye Protection.
       Early in reporting, one of the infected doctors thought he had
       gotten it through eye contact. He claimed to have had
       conjunctivitis as a first symptom but I haven't seen that
       mentioned anywhere else. It also does not seem to be a symptom
       so maybe his case was just a coincidence.
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       Re: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for
        Patients with Confirmed 2019 Novel 
       By: epsilon Date: February 9, 2020, 5:00 pm
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       Transmission through the eye has been established fact for other
       respiratory viruses:
  HTML https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17050596
       "Viral infection of the lungs through the eye."
       "These results establish the eye as a major gateway of
       respiratory infection and a respiratory virus as a bona fide eye
       pathogen"
       So its not surprising that goggles are recommended as PPE when
       dealing with viruses like SARS/MERS/2019nCoV
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