a spike in Kovan 19 cases and people
between the ages of 18 and 49 has some
health officials warning about a
possible link between the virus and
vaping i team reporter brian knew been
digging through the data to sort out
what's fact and what's fiction the fact
is we don't have a study that looks at
those with the corona virus and who vape
it's all simply too new but health
officials say there is enough evidence
that they're worried that vaping may be
making the virus worse it's a question
that has been raised by the governor of
Michigan in the US Surgeon General is
there a link between vaping and
especially the teens who are being
hospitalized with the coronavirus we
want to base everything we do
particularly in emergency situations
like this we want to base it on facts
dr. Rosemarie Robertson is the chief
science medical officer with the
American Heart Association she says
there is little direct data on this
possible connection but here's what we
do know according to medical studies
coming out of China smokers there have a
higher risk of severe illness and even
death if they get the coronavirus the
non-smokers one study says the risk of
severe illness is as much as 14 times
higher for smokers dr. Robertson says
that should tell us something about
those who vape we know for sure that
people with chronic respiratory diseases
have very a greatly increased fatality
rate they die more often if they get
infected over the past year the CBS 11
eye team has reported on Texas teens
hospitalized struggling to breathe as
the result of their vaping addictions
combine this with the corona virus which
is a lung disease and health experts say
you can connect the dots if you can do
anything to reduce your risk it's to
make sure that your health is as good as
possible
so why medical officials are going to be
looking for this possible connection the
reality is as these hospitals become
overloaded with patients they may simply
not have enough time to take those
detailed medical histories so by the
time we have
a complete study many worry it may be
too late
with the i-team Brian new CBS 11 News
Brian thank you
between the ages of 18 and 49 has some
health officials warning about a
possible link between the virus and
vaping i team reporter brian knew been
digging through the data to sort out
what's fact and what's fiction the fact
is we don't have a study that looks at
those with the corona virus and who vape
it's all simply too new but health
officials say there is enough evidence
that they're worried that vaping may be
making the virus worse it's a question
that has been raised by the governor of
Michigan in the US Surgeon General is
there a link between vaping and
especially the teens who are being
hospitalized with the coronavirus we
want to base everything we do
particularly in emergency situations
like this we want to base it on facts
dr. Rosemarie Robertson is the chief
science medical officer with the
American Heart Association she says
there is little direct data on this
possible connection but here's what we
do know according to medical studies
coming out of China smokers there have a
higher risk of severe illness and even
death if they get the coronavirus the
non-smokers one study says the risk of
severe illness is as much as 14 times
higher for smokers dr. Robertson says
that should tell us something about
those who vape we know for sure that
people with chronic respiratory diseases
have very a greatly increased fatality
rate they die more often if they get
infected over the past year the CBS 11
eye team has reported on Texas teens
hospitalized struggling to breathe as
the result of their vaping addictions
combine this with the corona virus which
is a lung disease and health experts say
you can connect the dots if you can do
anything to reduce your risk it's to
make sure that your health is as good as
possible
so why medical officials are going to be
looking for this possible connection the
reality is as these hospitals become
overloaded with patients they may simply
not have enough time to take those
detailed medical histories so by the
time we have
a complete study many worry it may be
too late
with the i-team Brian new CBS 11 News
Brian thank you
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