It is a misunderstanding that people will get pink eyes with by looking at someone that already has it. Undoubtedly, pink eyes are highly contagious as it is originally caused by bacterial infection and bacteria travels easily. Thus, people shall pay extreme attention to get rid of possible source of infection when there are pink eyes around. Since staring is not a way to get pink eyes, there are many unexpected way for the disease to travel. Anytime if you touch the eye secretion of a pink-eye patient and rub your own eyes with you hand, you may get the disease. Even shaking hands with people who have the disease may be a passage of bacteria. Thus, wash your hands often. Do not rub your eyes after using public stuffs. For healthy people, eye-drop of appropriate volume is helpful to prevent being infected.
