Does vaping spread covid?

[Mr Ripple]

https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2020/09/05...s-smoking-regulation-in-streets-and-terraces/


https://ecigintelligence.com/spain-bans-public-vaping-where-social-distancing-cannot-be-guaranteed/


Probably old news but I've not seen it and wtf?

 

[Enoch]

Theoretically yes , you are breathing out.

But that discounts the potential effect of PG which has been proven to kill both bacteria AND influenza.

It discounts the theory of French scientists (wonder if they got the funding?) That nicotine coats the ac13 receptor in the lung which makes it more difficult for covid to enter the lungs.

But in theory yes , the most basic breathing element of vaping could spread covid.

 

[Simon G]

No but being close to people unmasked does.

"The rapid spike in new cases of coronavirus infections in Spain has prompted the national government to prohibit smoking and vaping in all public spaces where it is not possible to ensure a 2m social distance."

..... if you can't stay 2m away from me, put your mask on and stop blowing smoke/vapour in my face, not much to ask at the moment is it?

 

[andipandi]

the most basic breathing element of vaping could spread covid.

What's vaping got to do with it, it's just a visualisation of breathing, sort of like an artistic representation, like what happens when it's freezing cold and we can all see each others breath?

 

[zouzounaki]

no, i don’t think so.

 

[Mitz]

I have no idea tbh but it wouldn't surprise me at all if it could. They now say it's not only coughing and sneezing but talking as well that can spread covid if people are too close. Large droplets fall to the ground quickly but that's the droplets that carry the virus not the virus itself. If virus particles can be expelled when we do a number of things and if our lungs are covered in virus ready to be expelled when we cough, sneeze, sing or talk - is it possible for large quantities of vapour that has been inhaled to pick up those particles and then carry them when exhaled from our lungs? I don't know. Don't know enough about the state a virus is in inside our lungs and whether or not it can get caught up in the vapour we inhale. Would be interested to see tests done on it tho, testing the breath of infected vapers as they exhale.

Haven't read the links in the OP yet so sorry if what I just said has already been covered.

 

[Rickster]

I doubt it, else everyone in my house, and those that have visited are well fked.

 

[Mawsley]

Voiceover: “It doesn’t”

 

[Enoch]

What's vaping got to do with it, it's just a visualisation of breathing, sort of like an artistic representation, like what happens when it's freezing cold and we can all see each others breath?

Because you are exhaling without a mask on when you vape, so naturally exterting covid into the air through forceable means.

If you sub ohm vape then you are having deeper breaths so therefore breathing more out unnaturally which would spread more covid.

But like I said , that is discounting other factors that could well render the topic answer a no but sadly no evidence to support it

 

[ZT]

Well .... your gonna breath out anyway ?