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ST. LOUIS – One thing we learned during the pandemic is that Covid-19 affects people in various ways.

For school-age children, it forced them to use more electronic devices for school. This caused a significant increase in nearsightedness.

Dr. Jacqueline Ladd is an optometrist who has seen this in children and joined us Tuesday morning to explain what Myopia is.

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