Who should wear eye protection?
Everyone.
Only hackers get hurt.
Wrong. Studies have shown that A players are injured as frequently as D players.
Doctors can fix my eye even if I get hit.
Wrong. Surgical results for traumatized eyes are usually disappointing. Nothing is as good as the normal eye. The best treatment is always prevention.
I...
At the request of Randy Kahn in the Southwest SRA, Will Carlin was asked to write an open letter to their membership two years after he suffered a devastating eye injury in court. Below is an edited (for length) reprint of that letter:
October 20, 1994
As many of you know, in...
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