Poor eyesight in kids was already becoming more common before the pandemic, but COVID-19 made things worse, eye doctors say. Recent research suggests that online learning may also be worsening kids' eyesight at a massive scale. The younger a child develops myopia, the more likely they are to have worse eye problems later on in life. 'I think everyone is aware that the COVID pandemic also contributed to the myopia pandemic,' Dr Jeffrey Cooper, a professor at the State University of New York College of Optometry, told Medscape. While the deterioration in kids' eyesight over the past year may be worrying, for those children who aren't nearsighted yet, there may be hope.

Source: The Nation June 01, 2021 20:03 UTC