Pink eye spreads when bacteria or viruses transfer from hands to eyes, often from poor handwashing. Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is inflammation of the conjunctiva, the thin, clear tissue that covers the white part of your eye and the inside of your eyelids. Bacterial and viral conjunctivitis are highly contagious, but you cannot get pink eye from someone passing gas. Can You Get Pink Eye From a Fart? No, you can't get pink eye from a fart.