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Eric Jain's avatar

Is it reasonable that 10% of any population is suffering from a cold on any given two-week period? If "symptoms of respiratory infection" include allergies, then yes. Incidentally, face masks work great for reducing exposure to pollen, too.

Richard Sprague's avatar

thanks, good point. But don't many pollen allergies come via the eyes? At least, that's the idea behind Stoggles: https://stoggles.com/blogs/the-public-eye/allergy-eye-protection-glasses

Eric Jain's avatar

Face masks won't help with red, itchy eyes, but do help with runny noses and sneezing.