Comment on: "Controversies regarding mask usage in ophthalmic units in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic"

Jesse Panthagani^{1

2}, Saaeha Rauz^{3

4}, Philip I Murray^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK. j.panthagani@bham.ac.uk.
² Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. j.panthagani@bham.ac.uk.
³ Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK.
⁴ Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK.

Comment

Jesse Panthagani et al. Eye (Lond). 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;35(7):2056-2057.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0986-x. Epub 2020 May 28.

Jesse Panthagani^{1

2}, Saaeha Rauz^{3

4}, Philip I Murray^{3

4}

¹ Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK. j.panthagani@bham.ac.uk.
² Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. j.panthagani@bham.ac.uk.
³ Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK.
⁴ Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Controversies regarding mask usage in ophthalmic units in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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