I believe that dreaded "Eye" disease epic occurs within the traditional bowhunting communtiy when a culmination of factors occur during hunting seasons...
The moon phase, the purchase of new equipment, weather fronts, and the breeding activity of the game being pursued triggers the onset of the "eye disease"; for example.
" I couldn't see going to work with the way those birds were hammering as that front comes in and the need to break in the new Double Bull Blind... so I took a sick day (for purely medicinal purposes... a mental health day, yeah thats the ticket!!!)