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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 3206641" data-attributes="member: 111403">. Actually the NHS is not exempted.My friend in Lincoln, where the sky was very clear, reports that just after the eclipse people were going to the Lincoln Hospital Accident and Emergency department with eye problems. She asked me if people never learn, and I said maybe not the older generation, although younger people may be getting better education.Manchester and Nottingham hospitals also report patients with eye problems from the eclipse.I have not researched the overall picture regarding eye damage from the recent solar eclipse as the sky was predominantly cloudy, and this will have protected many people.One of the primary schools near me kept all the children indoors, although as it happened it was totally cloudy.A second, well-regarded, primary school where my friend has two 7-year-old grandchildren actually bought eclipse glasses for the children. I suppose 200 Eclipse glasses might cost around £100, which would be money well spent. I don't know if schools pay VAT on these. As it turned out the children were disappointed as the sky was completely cloudy.Another secondary school only allowed children who were studying certain subjects to view the eclipse. Presumably science-based subjects.So a rather strange variety of methods, but at least some youngsters are getting better education.I thought I had heard it all, but my friend asked a Lincoln fireman if he had seen the eclipse. He said yes.She asked him what kind of protection he had used for his eyes. He said that he had used a black T-shirt. When she asked why, he said that is what he had been told to use when he was young. I wouldn't think you could actually see much through a black T-shirt, and it is certainly not recommended.Having heard other tales regarding firemen, it would not surprise me to hear if one had asked a lady to lend him her black underwear so he could view the eclipse. Not a bad chat up line.</blockquote>

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