Vaping and Coronavirus

[DianaT1969]

I don't smoke or vape. Have been behind vapers when I've breathed in their 2nd hand cloud of strawberry air. Just realised that I haven't read anything about it in relation to spreading the virus. As these tiny (droplets?) have been in their lungs, presumably it should be banned in public places?

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The only difference is that you can actually see their breath, everybody exhales and are just as dangerous (or not)

As these tiny (droplets?) have been in their lungs, presumably it should be banned in public places?

That would involve banning breathing for everyone.

So, you are saying that if you were in a small, closed room with someone vaping, the air would be completely the same as if he/she wasn't vaping? I don't know what the vapor can carry, I'm asking the question. Non-vapers aren't inhaling a liquid, containing chemicals into their lungs, then exhaling it in a forced cloud, for others to breathe in.

But everyone is inhaling air into their lungs and then exhaling it.
Does nobody else's breath ever touch you OP?

If you have issues with vaping then that's absolutely fine, but don't try and demonise vapers by saying they are less virus aware.

Stop being bloody ridiculous, OP.

What a moronic thread.

That would involve banning breathing for everyone.

Oh god goodness sake 🤦‍♀️

We may not like what people say but politeness costs nothing and derision in unnecessary. People will have all sorts of questions and should feel free to raise them without scorn.

OP I think there is no information about that but I wouldn't worry.

I'm not offended by some slightly rude replies 😂 I asked the question after reading today's article about Thailand, where a health minister said a group of 10-12 friends caught it from sharing cigarettes and drinks together in an air-conditioned room. Cigarettes and drink glasses are obviously mouth contact, but the detail about air con made me wonder if a room with vapers would be the same, or indeed just close proximity, similar to the risk of when someone infected coughs or sneezes next to you.

Sigh

There is a chance that, all other things being equal, you may be safer breathing in ecig vapour than regular breath. The major component in e-liquid is generally propylene glycol which has antibacterial properties. I'm not a scientist so I don't know exactly what the implications of that might be, nor do I know if it also has antiviral properties, but there is plenty of reading material out there for anyone bored enough to wade through it. This is one article from what appears to be a reasonable source that makes interesting reading:

pneumonia.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41479-016-0001-2

It's actually an interesting hypothesis. The vape cloud is made up of millions of tiny droplets of glycerin/glycol. It's feasible that these droplets may act as a physical carrier of viruses, making airborne transmission behave differently than in normal breath. I can't see that anyone has done any research, but I don't consider it a "moronic" question to ask.