CDC Announces " Major Breakthrough " that I Recognized and Reported Two Months Ago; Outbreak is Almost Certainly Not Associated with Legal Nicotine Vapes

Minutes ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced what they called a "major breakthrough" in its investigation of the vaping-associated respiratory illness outbreak. They tested lung tissue samples from 29 case patients and all 29 (100%) were found to contain vitamin E acetate oil.This finding does represent a major breakthrough for four reasons:1. The vitamin E acetate oil was detected in the actual lung tissue of the case patients.2. The vitamin E acetate oil was detected in every single one of the lung tissue samples from these 29 case patients.3.  The samples came from 10 different states, confirming that the outbreak seems to have a common cause, rather than geographic variation.4. Three of the patients whose lung samples revealed vitamin E acetate had reported using only nicotine-containing products, thus confirming that there is significant under-reporting which may explain why about 11% of the patients do not report vaping THC.This is significant because although not all of the case patients admitted to using THC vapes, the finding of vitamin E acetate in their lungs essentially proves that they were indeed vaping THC oils. This does not mean that they were lying; they may simply not have known what was in the product they were vaping, especially since most of these products are purchased off the black market or obtained from friends or dealers.The finding is also significant because it provides a marker for vaping products that should n...
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