Four experts shed light on the potential connection between young people vaping and the coronavirus.
As one of the nation’s leading researchers on vaping, Ilona Jaspers, MD, professor of pediatrics and microbiology & immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has long been warning teens and young adults about the dangers of vaping. Now, in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic that has infected more than 500,000 in the U.S., her warnings have expanded to include complications from COVID-19.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is one of them, mentioning a 22-year-old user on March 9 who had become severely ill with COVID-19. “Why is a 22-year-old man stable but hospitalized at this point?’’ de Blasio asked reporters. “The one factor we know of is he is a vaper. We think the fact that he is a vaper is affecting this situation.’’
Those studies, Tsai notes, were extremely small, suggesting that it’s “too early to tell” whether vaping has a major effect. But looking at earlier research, she agrees that it’s likely. “There has been some research in animal models that the animals that were exposed to e-cigarettes had a worse outcome when infected with influenza,” she says. “Research is still limited when dealing with humans.”
While Jaspers can’t yet confirm with certainty that young people who vape are more in danger from the coronavirus, what she can confirm is that vaping is not protecting them — a theory floated by Fox News’ Sean Hannity, who, on March 19, described a study that he said shows vaping can actually prevent certain illnesses.
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