Haven't posted in a little while. I wanted to post the following, but it came to me in bits and pieces and just getting around to it now. All of it is certainly open to discussion.
It's basically all Covid related.
I would say foremost, that one silver lining is how Covid completely obliterated public panic over vaping. That panic came up every day in December 2019 (4 months ago). Now, it never comes up. I rejoice.
I think very early (like week 1) of news on Covid, I heard about how vaping does... something bad, with regards to virus. Didn't take them long to put that out there. I would admit that inhaling something into your lungs, while a lung respiratory virus is circulating, is at least questionable in terms of risk. That being said, I see it as last gasp, before the Covid tidal wave, to try and take vaping down a notch.
That quickly lead me to idea that public is going to be hard pressed to believe FDA and/or CDC Covid stuff when they just got done making huge blunder on vaping (nicotine) reports. I realize for general, non-vaping public, it'd slip by. But still that news was very fresh, like within 2 weeks of Covid. A whole lotta vapers for sure were going to be at least a little cautious when those two agencies weighed in on the virus.
Jumping ahead to recent news that states namely FDA, but also CDC have dropped the ball on quality testing being rolled out. So not directly vaping related. But FDA over zealous regulations are seen as culprit. Seems like if there's a new way of doing things going forward, that at least some people will be saying, yeah, we have to make the FDA less intrusive into innovations. That is if we value life more than senseless deaths.
Going back to before all this started. I had some sort of cold in December that lasted 2 weeks. I still vaped during it. It wasn't all that strong, but certainly hung on. I'm the guy who started a thread like 5 years ago titled Vaping cures the Flu. Which essentially was wondering how many vapers get fewer colds now as vapers than pre-vaping. Plus something else, but I'll get to that in a moment. I would say around 8 out of 10 responses on that thread said far fewer colds now than pre-vaping. Which is true for me. Used to be 3 a year, now it's one every 2 to 3 years. Which is what my cold in December was. Lasted long, but was mild.
Thing is, around mid February, I started feeling minor symptoms. And by late Feb. the news was saying what are Covid symptoms. Which were mostly ones I was experiencing. Yet very mildly. Fever was never above 99. My sneezing, dry cough, runny nose were all occasional. Initially, I thought it was remnants of the December cold. In past few weeks I've thought possibly seasonal allergies, but I've never had those.
To this moment, those minor symptoms persist. And they're still very mild. Which leads to the last point, and relates to that earlier thread I wrote. I continue to wonder if vaping reduces effects of a cold/virus. I think it does. Not 100%, but enough that it's hard for me to think otherwise. I write this post before it was easy to get tests for Covid. So, for all I know I'm infected and have mild symptoms, that I ought to recover from. Hopefully this year, lol. But I truly believe what keeps it mild is vaping.
I'm interested in what others think, or have experienced.
It's basically all Covid related.
I would say foremost, that one silver lining is how Covid completely obliterated public panic over vaping. That panic came up every day in December 2019 (4 months ago). Now, it never comes up. I rejoice.
I think very early (like week 1) of news on Covid, I heard about how vaping does... something bad, with regards to virus. Didn't take them long to put that out there. I would admit that inhaling something into your lungs, while a lung respiratory virus is circulating, is at least questionable in terms of risk. That being said, I see it as last gasp, before the Covid tidal wave, to try and take vaping down a notch.
That quickly lead me to idea that public is going to be hard pressed to believe FDA and/or CDC Covid stuff when they just got done making huge blunder on vaping (nicotine) reports. I realize for general, non-vaping public, it'd slip by. But still that news was very fresh, like within 2 weeks of Covid. A whole lotta vapers for sure were going to be at least a little cautious when those two agencies weighed in on the virus.
Jumping ahead to recent news that states namely FDA, but also CDC have dropped the ball on quality testing being rolled out. So not directly vaping related. But FDA over zealous regulations are seen as culprit. Seems like if there's a new way of doing things going forward, that at least some people will be saying, yeah, we have to make the FDA less intrusive into innovations. That is if we value life more than senseless deaths.
Going back to before all this started. I had some sort of cold in December that lasted 2 weeks. I still vaped during it. It wasn't all that strong, but certainly hung on. I'm the guy who started a thread like 5 years ago titled Vaping cures the Flu. Which essentially was wondering how many vapers get fewer colds now as vapers than pre-vaping. Plus something else, but I'll get to that in a moment. I would say around 8 out of 10 responses on that thread said far fewer colds now than pre-vaping. Which is true for me. Used to be 3 a year, now it's one every 2 to 3 years. Which is what my cold in December was. Lasted long, but was mild.
Thing is, around mid February, I started feeling minor symptoms. And by late Feb. the news was saying what are Covid symptoms. Which were mostly ones I was experiencing. Yet very mildly. Fever was never above 99. My sneezing, dry cough, runny nose were all occasional. Initially, I thought it was remnants of the December cold. In past few weeks I've thought possibly seasonal allergies, but I've never had those.
To this moment, those minor symptoms persist. And they're still very mild. Which leads to the last point, and relates to that earlier thread I wrote. I continue to wonder if vaping reduces effects of a cold/virus. I think it does. Not 100%, but enough that it's hard for me to think otherwise. I write this post before it was easy to get tests for Covid. So, for all I know I'm infected and have mild symptoms, that I ought to recover from. Hopefully this year, lol. But I truly believe what keeps it mild is vaping.
I'm interested in what others think, or have experienced.
