Yuga Labs addresses Apefest ‘vision damage’ issue; community calls out poor management
Several attendees of Yuga Labs’ ApeFest event on Nov. 4 in Hong Kong reported eye-related issues, including burns, damaged vision and “extreme pain” in their eyes.
Yuga Labs’ official X account has now addressed the issue, claiming they are aware of the reports of potential eye-related issues to many attendees and are investigating the cause behind them.
I just opened up IG and Jasmine’s eye is swollen.
Some Apes had an eye issue at ApeFest.
Protect your eyes. Wash your hands.
Be careful out there. pic.twitter.com/FNHF9hrDeg
Yuga Labs claimed that less than 1% of the attendees have experienced eye-related symptoms, and most of the affected attendees are experiencing improvement in their conditions with the passage of time.
Apes, we are aware of the eye-related issues that affected some of the attendees of ApeFest and have been proactively reaching out to individuals since yesterday to try and find the potential root causes. Based on our estimates, we believe that much less than 1% of those…
The Hong Kong event grabbed most of the headlines and attention of Crypto Twitter over the weekend. Many users came up with different theories behind the eye related injury with one user pointing toward a similar instance six years ago, where during a promotional event, third-party contractors installed disinfecting ultraviolet lights instead of stage lights, leading to similar eye injuries, burning, blindness, photokeratitis
re: bored apes with eye injuries from apefest
6 years ago in Hong Kong, hypebeast had a party, 3rd party contractors installed disinfecting UV lights, instead of stage lights, & people had similar eye injuries, burning, blindness, photokeratitis
it's possible this happened pic.twitter.com/ofMUncwya8
Others pointed out
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