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FTA: "A nationwide lung injury outbreak, now standing at 1,604 cases and 34 deaths, is being investigated by public health agencies, which have primarily linked

FTA: "A nationwide lung injury outbreak, now standing at 1,604 cases and 34 deaths, is being investigated by public health agencies, which have primarily linked the illnesses to vaping black-market THC." The CDC findings were that black market THC pods are causing the deaths. It seems most of the current moral outrage and reactionary, emergency regulations on (nicotine) vaping have been because people have not been doing their research at all.

SolaceQuantum 7y ago
Mainly, but not all. The first known death was unrelated to THC carts and was at first considered death by pneumonia...
chipgap98 7y ago
The Daily (the Times podcast) did an episode[1] this week on vaping and the death discussed in that story does not sound like it was related to black market THC. The majority of cases do seem to be THC related, but I don't think its clear yet that they all are. [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/podcasts/the-daily/vaping-dangers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/podcasts/the-daily/vaping...
wmeredith 7y ago
> It seems most of the current moral outrage and reactionary, emergency regulations on (nicotine) vaping have been because people have not been doing their research at all. It's called grandstanding