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After a variety of discussions about eyeglasses fogging when people wear anti-viral masks of whatever sort, and ways to avoid or reduce the problem, I decided to try just not wearing my glasses when I went out today.
This worked because I didn't need to read or look closely at anything while I was out, and it was cloudy (these are self-darkening prescription sunglasses, in part for astigmatism). That's a solution for everyday, or for everyone--including the me of a few years ago, before the cataract surgery--but I'm mentioning it in case it might be useful to anyone else.
I don't know whether it would be worth trying this if I was going shopping, or somewhere else where I would have to bring the glasses and put them on when I got there. Putting my glasses on would mean touching my face; my thinking is that if I have touched nothing other than my face since I washed my hands and/or put on gloves, it's safe to touch my face in order to put on glasses or to make sure the mask is covering my nose and mouth. For me, just walking around my neighborhood, it's easier to avoid touching anything other than my face or coat, and them as little as possible, than to completely avoid touching my face. (I should grab the Clorox wipes and clean the railings on the front and back steps, once I post this.)
This worked because I didn't need to read or look closely at anything while I was out, and it was cloudy (these are self-darkening prescription sunglasses, in part for astigmatism). That's a solution for everyday, or for everyone--including the me of a few years ago, before the cataract surgery--but I'm mentioning it in case it might be useful to anyone else.
I don't know whether it would be worth trying this if I was going shopping, or somewhere else where I would have to bring the glasses and put them on when I got there. Putting my glasses on would mean touching my face; my thinking is that if I have touched nothing other than my face since I washed my hands and/or put on gloves, it's safe to touch my face in order to put on glasses or to make sure the mask is covering my nose and mouth. For me, just walking around my neighborhood, it's easier to avoid touching anything other than my face or coat, and them as little as possible, than to completely avoid touching my face. (I should grab the Clorox wipes and clean the railings on the front and back steps, once I post this.)