Early on, there was some discussion of the possibility that folks whose initial exposure is via the eyes would have a more mild illness than if the exposure was

Early on, there was some discussion of the possibility that folks whose initial exposure is via the eyes would have a more mild illness than if the exposure was via nostrils or inhalation, because the immune system would have time to begin work while the virus was multiplying more slowly in tissue less suited to it. I haven't heard anything in weeks studying anything like this, though, so I don't know where we ended up, if, indeed anybody knows anything at all.