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View from: BCLA

​It seems impossible to think that just a couple of weeks ago we were all operating pretty much as normal.

It seems impossible to think that just a couple of weeks ago we were all operating pretty much as normal. The threat of coronavirus loomed large on the horizon but the speed at which it crept up on us took society by surprise.

As eye care practitioners, Covid-19 has turned our world upside down – with some practices temporarily shutting and others only offering emergency appointments. It is a testing time and all of us are keeping our fingers crossed this awful disease disappears as quickly as it descended.

There have been articles shared across social media questioning the safety of contact lenses in all this. It is worth repeating the BCLA stance on this.

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