Dated YouTube sketch misrepresented as child blinded by eclipse
TikTok posts with millions of views claim to show a child going blind after observing the solar eclipse visible over much of North America on April 8, 2024. This is false; while staring into the Sun can cause eye injuries, the boy in the video did not lose his vision -- he was acting in a YouTube skit originally posted after a 2017 eclipse.
Source: yahoo.com