▲ 213 ▼ The planet’s vision is getting worse: 50% of the population will have myopia by 2050 (english.elpais.com) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://archive.ph/dDKJG
[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Interesting that Chinese optometrists don’t use characters for these tests. With Chinese characters it'd probably be too unreliable I guess. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I don't think that strategy for testing is purely a Chinese thing. When my kids were little and before they could read, they did eye tests with those same characters. And I'm in America. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I don't think that strategy for testing is purely a Chinese thing. When my kids were little and before they could read, they did eye tests with those same characters. And I'm in America. permalink fedilink source parent