minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-5•10 months agoVape lung was pandemic in the states in 2019, even in non-vapers like my dad as well, and then disappeared post-covid?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-210 months agoIn 2019 there was an outbreak of a respiratory condition called EVALI and commonly referred to as ‘vape lung.’ Reported cases sharply dropped off in 2020, despite an increase in vape sales. I just think it’s interesting, is all.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoVitamin E and MCT oil are the most heavily cited causes and you can still get cartridges made with both.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoI suspect the dumbfounded reply you received was because one expected the word ‘epidemic’ to be used instead. ‘pandemic’ usually is taken to mean it has spread across several international boundaries. ‘pan,’ meaning ‘all.’
Vape lung was pandemic in the states in 2019, even in non-vapers like my dad as well, and then disappeared post-covid?
…wat
In 2019 there was an outbreak of a respiratory condition called EVALI and commonly referred to as ‘vape lung.’
Reported cases sharply dropped off in 2020, despite an increase in vape sales.
I just think it’s interesting, is all.
Wasn’t that traced back to bad thc carts?
Vitamin E and MCT oil are the most heavily cited causes and you can still get cartridges made with both.
I suspect the dumbfounded reply you received was because one expected the word ‘epidemic’ to be used instead.
‘pandemic’ usually is taken to mean it has spread across several international boundaries. ‘pan,’ meaning ‘all.’