FACT CHECK
Did a study show that vapers are 17 percent more likely to transmit COVID ?
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T gateway effect . Panic about vaping is as much of a mainstay in the modern media cycle as the culture wars and life hacks .
In this climate , it didn ’ t take long for fears about vaping spreading COVID-19 to begin circulating . And on February 7 , a new study on the transmission of the virus hit the headlines that seemed to prove what many had thought all along .
Take this example from The Telegraph :
“ Vapers with COVID-19 are up to 20 % more likely to transmit it than infected non-smokers , study finds .”
Or this from Mail Online :
“ Vapers up to 17 % more likely to spread coronavirus because it gets blown around when they breathe out .”
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