‘Who benefits financially?’ Sharyl Attkisson brings up inconvenient questions about the #VapeBan in must-read thread

Leave it to Sharyl Attkisson to ask questions nobody wants asked about the e-cigarette ban. It’s not the first time the actual investigative journalist has been front and center pushing buttons about a hot topic …

Sharyl Attkisson

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1-Always interesting to see that when powerful/financial interests want to alert us to health issues, you get a daily count, list of states, etc. But when they don't want us to know of a particular risk or issue, it's very hard to find in the public dialogue.

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8:01 PM - Sep 12, 2019

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She may be onto something here.

Sharyl Attkisson

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2-There's legitimate concern about vaping. Why is TV advertising of cigarettes banned but e-cigarettes allowed? Who owns e-cigarette companies and...

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8:03 PM - Sep 12, 2019

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Hrmmm.

Sharyl Attkisson

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3-Who benefits financially if flavors are banned but *only* tobacco e-cigarette e-liquid is allowed?

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Sharyl Attkisson

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4/ For example last winter, few reported 127 cases of mysterious polio-like paralysis in 22 states ... the paralyzed victims’ average age four years old. http://fullmeasure.news/news/politics/mysteryvirus …

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In 2015, we first began reporting on a baffling, new illness paralyzing children across the country much like polio. The Centers for Disease Control repeatedly told us it had no clue what's causing...

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8:41 PM - Sep 12, 2019

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*adjusts tinfoil hat*

Sharyl Attkisson

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5-Not widely reported: In five months in US, there were more than a thousand (1,153) severe cases of EV-D68, at least 14 deaths and 120 known cases of AFM paralysis, mostly young children. http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/mystery-virus …

Mystery Virus

A year and a half ago, we first reported on a baffling, new illness responsible for nightmarish scenarios: a child wakes up and his legs don’t move. Soon, he’s paralyzed from the neck down. Since...

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8:42 PM - Sep 12, 2019

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Eeeek.

Sharyl Attkisson

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6-But I have a feeling we are about to hear about every single e-cigarette incident. Again, not saying there isn't reason for concern, it's just that I believe financial interests wants us concerned about that and not other health issues.

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8:43 PM - Sep 12, 2019

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Follow the money.

And the power.

True story.

Steve Cox

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The tail wags the dog.

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So what else is new?

No BS@BruceGreen615

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More people die from cigarettes and they are still legal???

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Where’s the cigarette ban?

Wait, let’s not give them any ideas.

Note: To be completely transparent, this editor is not a smoker or a vaper (and honestly is not a fan of either) but the government banning something at this level is not a good thing. Like, at all. What’s next? A ban on sugar? Wheat? Fast food?

Yeah, we know you know, but it’s a slippery slope, folks.