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Can you get pink eye by looking at another person with pink eye?
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No: Direct contact with eye secretions.
Answered 3/27/2012
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No: Possibly if they cough or sneeze, sending the virus airborne in droplets.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: You usually need to be very close to that person, to contract a communicable disease like pink eye. Touching is another matter, and you only need to touch something that they had on their eye, then touch your eye, without handwashing.
Answered 4/25/2015
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