>>12111898>The virus enters through mucous membrane which includes your eye.Oversimplified, and if you read the article I linked, infection of the eye by SARS-CoV-2 is rare, like 2-5% of cases, and even in those situations, it's not known if the infection even originated there. Transmission through the eye is below 5%, and may even be below 1-2%. So it's a possibility, but it's pretty clear that the respiratory tract (nose and mouth) is the primary pathway for infection.
>only true if most of the population is wearing the correct mask and also wearing it correctlyEven homemade cloth masks block the majority of droplets, but you're correct about wearing them properly (or getting people to wear them at all). Nor will I disagree that respirators and goggles would be even better, but there's still the issue of compliance, plus supply shortages.
