# vaping lung damage and coronavirus

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**Created:** [February 26, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaping-lung-damage-and-coronavirus/848556 "2020-02-26T15:50:54Z")\
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Does anyone else remember the “epidemic” of lung damage due to vaping that was in the news towards the end of last year?

> **[CDC Investigates After 149 People Hospitalized After Vaping](https://www.healthline.com/health-news/vaping-may-be-causing-acute-lung-damage-in-teens)**
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> Nearly 150 young adults and teens, have been hospitalized for lung damage potentially linked to vaping, health officials reported.

How many of the coronavirus casualties were vapers? (I read smokers are considered a higher risk, and “a lot” of Chinese males are smokers, but how about vaping?) Could the coronavirus be a “bad cold” that is particularly bad for vapers? And when did the technology to gene sequence a virus start being used to track infections? Could the panic be due to a confluence of a specific virus identification technology being newly available, and also a new type of lung damage from vaping starting to pop up?

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