Ukuqhuma kwe-EVALI (ugwayi we-e-cigarette noma ukulimala okuhambisana nokusetshenziswa kwe-vaping) okuhlasele eWisconsin ngo-2019 kungenzeka kube ukutheleleka okukhulu kwe-Covid-19, abanye ososayensi baseShayina baphawula ezincwadini zabo. iziphetho zakamuva zocwaningo.
Ocwaningweni oluhlangene nama-radiologists, laba sosayensi babuyekeze izikena ze-CT zesifuba ezingama-250 zeziguli eziyi-142 ze-EVALI ezinamathiselwe emaphepheni ocwaningo angama-60 ashicilelwe. Bathole, phakathi kokunye, iziguli eziyi-16 "ezibandakanyeka ekuthelelekeni ngegciwane" okuhlobene ne-Covid-19. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iziguli ezinhlanu zithathwa “njengezisolisayo ngokusesilinganisweni”, njengoba izimpawu zazo nezici ze-CT scan zifana neze nezisulu ze-Covid-19.
Ngo-Agasti 2019, i-US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yabika ukwenyuka okukhulu kokuvakasha komnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo okuhlobene ne-EVALI. Inani lokuvakasha lifinyelele inani eliphakeme ngoSepthemba. Udokotela uYang Zhanqiu, udokotela waseChina, uchaze ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ezinye iziguli ze-Covid-19 empeleni zatholwa ngokungeyikho njenge-EVALI, ngenxa yokufana okukhulu phakathi kwalezi zifo zombili kanye nokuntuleka kwezinto zokuthola i-nucleic acid ngaleso sikhathi.
Njengoba iChina inxusa iMelika ukuthi ikhiphe imininingwane mayelana namacala okuxilongwa kwe-EVALI ngo-2019, omunye umbuzo ubonakala uqhamuka. Ingabe kukhona ukuhlobana kwangempela phakathi kwe-EVALI ne-Covid-19? Ngonyaka odlule, izihloko eziningi ezikhishwe ngabezindaba ukusola ugwayi we-elekthronikhi ngokwenyusa ubungozi bentsha ku-Covid-19. I-WHO iphinde yathi kungase kube khona ukuxhumana phakathi kwalokhu kokubili, kodwa ayikanikezeli noma yibuphi ubufakazi besayensi be-hypothesis kuze kube manje.
Lezi zimangalo eziphikisana ne-vape zilandelwe ukuhlehla okuqinile kwabamelene nabo, bekholelwa ukuthi ziyizindaba nje ezingenabufakazi ezimayelana nokulimala kwe-vape. Ucwaningo oluningi luphinde lwafakazela ukuthi akukho ukuxhumana kwangempela phakathi kwe-EVALI ne-Covid-19. Umtholampilo waseMayo wenze a ucwaningo ukuphenya ukuthi ukusetshenziswa komkhiqizo we-vape kufanele yini kube nesibopho sokuxilongwa kwe-Covid-19, ngesampula enkulu yabantu abacishe babe ngama-70,000. Isiphetho sokugcina sithi Cha, imikhiqizo yokuphefumula “ayibonakali ingakhuphula amathuba okutheleleka nge-SARS-CoV-2.”
Empeleni, ucwaningo oluningana olufanayo lushicilelwe ngaphambili, kodwa alutholanga ukusakazwa okuningi kwemidiya. Intatheli yesayensi yeForbes ikholelwa ukuthi lokho kwakungenxa yokuthi isihloko esithi "Vaping is Highly Associated ne-Covid-19" sasimangalisa kakhulu kunokulandisa okuphambene nalokho.
Umphakathi wezokwelapha kungase kudingeke ukuthi usheshise izifundo zawo ngobudlelwano phakathi kwe-vaping, i-EVALI ne-Covid-19, okwenza umphakathi wakhe isithombe esicacile sokuthi baxhumana kanjani ngempela. Ukuqamba amanga athile asabekayo mayelana ne-vaping akulungile ekuthuthukiseni impilo yomphakathi. Phela, umshini omubi osabalele we-vaping wehlisa noma uhlehlisa ngisho namazinga okuyeka ukubhema emazweni amaningi.
