Are eye clinics essential and open right now? I’ve run out of contact lenses today and only have a pair of old broken glasses with an outdated prescription I’ve been using. I last had a contact lens fitting last summer in Spain, and even though I have a copy of the prescription, I’m unable to order new ones from a U.S. retailer because in the E.U., you don’t need a doctor’s signed prescription to purchase contact lenses, which isn’t the case in the U.S. So, it seems unlikely that I can just order another supply of contacts with my existing prescription because the fitting was done by an optical store technician (not a doctor) in Madrid; and I would like to have a contact lens fitting done asap because I’m having trouble seeing and working from home with my current pair of glasses.
Does anyone know if eye clinics are considered essential services at the moment, and if so, which clinics or offices are open in the central Austin area?