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    Coronavirus FAQs: Can I Catch It Through The Eyes? Will Goggles Help?

    What's the risk of contracting the virus through the eyes? And in what situations would protective eyewear be helpful?
    by Laurel Wamsley May 22, 2020 4 minutes
    A woman wears a face mask and goggles as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus.

    Each week we answer pressing coronavirus questions. We'd like to hear what you're curious about. Email us at goatsandsoda@npr.org with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions."

    How big a risk is it to catch the virus through your eyes? Should people be wearing eye protection?

    Virologist and epidemiologist recently became ill, and he believes he got COVID-19 through his eyes. Fair 's from his hospital bed last week that he had been on a crowded flight two weeks earlier, and though he wore a mask and gloves and wiped down his seat, he didn't have any protection over his eyes. "You can still get this virus through your eyes, and epidemiologically, it's

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