My first thought too — vaping.
Is that as big in Europe as it was getting to be in the US?
“It’s just the flu” bros will be left speechless by this.
yep, vaping
What’s their HIV status?
Not buying this article. Way different than what recovered patients say and way different than virtually every other report I’ve read.
Vaping doesn’t appear to be a problem on continental Europe....
per wiki....
“Europe Edit”
“What little we know of recent reports from the U.S. is that the devices used appear to be linked to “home brews’ of illicit drugs and not legitimate vaping products,” Martin Dockrell, overseer of tobacco control at Public Health England, stated in September 2019.[33]”
Vaping maybe?
When you know a healthy kid who gets into lung problem due to vaping, our responses were quick.
It’s definitely vaping. I saw a guy vape once in Cleveland and I’m certain it’s vaping.
I’m old, my grandkids are grown so I didn’t know that even Junior High kids are vaping!
There were cases like that in Iran and Italy, too.
I have read that the virus may have been the US last fall and they are blaming on the vaping and not the virus.
Folks i am not believing any experts and what they have to say. One says one thing and another says something different.
Every natural disaster for as far back as i can remember the govt has screwed up bigtime in the aftermath. We spend billions and billions of dollars and we get crap every time.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
Vaping, the Millennial remover
What he is saying is correct. It’s not new news. The CT scans of some of these pts is very scary to us working in hospitals now. Plenty of examples on the Internet.
Terrifying, Terribly, etc. Cracks me up.
Fear factor-10, OMG we’re all gonna effing die and the four horsemen of the apocalypse hasn’t shown up yet!
Vaping is probably the cause. The lung and bronchial damage caused by vaping or smoking emulates pneumonia, with the addition of a build-up of tar. BTW, marijuana has more tar than tobacco, which is why they make oil from hemp family members but not from tobacco.
Pneumonia (which doesn’t describe the cause but simply the condition of an infection/inflammation of the lungs) leaves scars on the lungs, which is one of the reasons it’s easier to get pneumonia again if you’ve had it once. The bacteria, fungus or whatever get into the scar tissue and breed happily and then stake out the rest of the lung.
From the article: “Worldwide, there have been more than 190,000 people infected as of Tuesday afternoon, according to a tally from Johns Hopkins University.”
This is an excellent lesson in subtle bias. If you want it to sound scary, say “over 190,000”. If you want it to sound less scary, say “less than 200,000”. Totally unbiased might say “Approximately 195,000”.
According to the article, no smoking, no heart disease and no diabetes.
I also don’t think that most people over age 40 vape - it tends to be a younger person’s game. Also, those who are older who do vape tend to do it less and aren’t looking for the taste offered by some questionable additives, as is the case with younger folks.
I think that while we most certainly need a LOT more data on the effects of the Kung Flu on people of all ages, races and health statuses (statii?), it seems clear to me that there is something different enough about this disease to warrant a fair amount of concern. It is not the flu, and it is not the common cold (and may corona viruses produce the common cold). SARS and MERS are also related corona viruses, and it SEEMS that this one has some effects more along the lines of those latter 2. People who say, “It’s just the flu, bro” are going to need to adjust their attitude for facts, IMHO (and I will be very happy to adjust MY attitude for facts if it turns out that this is a big nothing).
China didn’t quarantine a city of 11 million, then its entire metro area of 50 million, and then 700 million people, just for Schiffs and giggles; they did it because they were afraid of something. That they delayed telling the world about this, and then have continuously lied their red Commie asses off about it since, doesn’t change the facts of what they did to contain it within their own country - and I trust their actions a lot more than their words.