Optometry professor secures $1.9 million grant from the National Eye Institute to combat myopia epidemic - University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Optometry professor secures $1.9 million grant from the National Eye Institute to combat myopia epidemic University of Alabama at Birmingham

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[Michael Molamphy]

Crazy waste of taxpayers money. The ideal vision in our life is low to moderate myopia. High myopia is genetic and not preventable except gene therapy.

 

[Steve Silberberg]

I disagree. If you prevent a say -5.00 and leave them at -2.00, that is a considerable advantage. I do agree if a 6-year-old is already -3.00, it may not be as beneficial.