Not a chance there isn't something else going on behind the scenes. Vaping has been around for a little while now. Why is it that all these deaths get attention all of a sudden out of nowhere? 500 deaths from vaping compared to something like 20,000/year deaths from opioids - it's pretty clear which industry needs an overhaul.
You make some great points my friend, with nine possible related deaths, this is a non-starter for sure, and very suspicious as the AMA, CDC never go to shutdown a whole industry for nine possible deaths that these "medical experts" can't even investigate out the real cause if any.
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