Apocryphal Now: Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story

Back in the 1980’s when I was working in a busy contact lens practice, every few months the phones would ring hot with patients concerned about an article that had appeared in a trade union newsletter. The article told a story about a worker at the Boston shipyards who suffered an arc welding flash while wearing contact lenses resulting in the lenses fusing to his eyes. We all knew that this couldn’t happen and calmed the waters each time but despite our best efforts, the article ju

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