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cinematicdiversions

(1,969 posts) Mon May 17, 2021, 01:23 PM May 2021

Does anyone remember when cigarette vaping was supposed to [View all]

Cause a mysterious lung ailment. That was of course in the before times and that flurry of news articles and local government overreaction has disappeared as fast as it came.

I have always wondered could that mystery disease had been an early form of Covid?

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Does anyone remember when cigarette vaping was supposed to [View all] cinematicdiversions May 2021 OP

That was not due to cig vaping Marrah_Goodman May 2021 #1

2019-2020 vaping lung illness outbreak PoliticAverse May 2021 #2

it wasn't a mystery, it wasn't tobacco. Voltaire2 May 2021 #3

I remember and no, the cases were not related to COVID-19 hlthe2b May 2021 #4

The "overreaction" hasn't disappeared as fast as it came. RegularJam May 2021 #5

It appears to have been linked with vitamin D acetate, pnwmom May 2021 #6

I live in as legal state and do a lot of walking/jogging in one of the urban CentralMass May 2021 #7

if you are getting a whiff of tobacco or pot it is likely not a vape pen. Voltaire2 May 2021 #8

You've always wondered that, eh? LanternWaste May 2021 #9

Well I always thought that Vaping Death would be an awesome metal song! Initech May 2021 #10

Can't wait to see two black dudes react to that! Iggo May 2021 #11

It had to do with vitamin E acetate ... marble falls May 2021 #12

Good to know. That's why I asked. cinematicdiversions May 2021 #13