Gavin's Junior Year Blog

After a deadly battle with polio, during the 20th century, we thought that polio was almost completely eradicated. However, during the summer of 2014, 120 people were put into a hospital with a polio-like condition. But just as fast as it came it was gone. Then this virus(named AFM) struck again in 2016, sending 150 to the hospital. One thing troubled the doctors, all of the patients suddenly out of nowhere would become paralyzed. However, AFM is uncommon, the hospital only hears about a couple hundred cases a year. AFM is an enterovirus, which means that this virus circulates during the fall season, however, enteroviruses need a large population to let the virus circulate or the virus only will happen in small bursts. The virus also only affects younger children, the youngest being 4 at the moment. During 2014 there was a breakthrough, doctors allied all of the pieces and connect AFM with the enterovirus disease known as,  EV-D68. The CDC is aware of this but is not aware of ...

Juuls are electronic cigarettes, however, unlike most vapes, Juuls are sleek and have a flash drive appearance and shape. The original intent of Juuls was to help smokers shift from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, and their sleek, portable nature would be similar to carrying a cigarette as compared to a vape pen. Juuls today are associated with kids and teenagers, even though this type of e-cigarette is not legally available to any person under the age of 18. From 2017 to 2018, the youth use of electronic cigarettes has increased by 75%. With this, electronic cigarette companies’ sales dramatically increased by 641% from 2016 to 2017( Click here for more information ). In response, the FDA demanded that Juuls and other companies that produce electronic cigarettes make a campaign to stop kids from vaping. If the companies can't do this within 60 days, the FDA will pull the flavors that are most popular off the shelves: mint, fruity flavors, and creme. How will Juul and other e-c...

Juuls are electronic cigarettes, however, unlike most vapes, Juuls are sleek and have a flash drive appearance and shape. The original intent of Juuls was to help smokers shift from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, and their sleek, portable nature would be similar to carrying a cigarette as compared to a vape pen. Juuls today are associated with kids and teenagers, even though this type of e-cigarette is not legally available to any person under the age of 18. From 2017 to 2018, the youth use of electronic cigarettes has increased by 75%. With this, electronic cigarette companies’ sales dramatically increased by 641% from 2016 to 2017. In response, the FDA demanded that Juuls and other companies that produce electronic cigarettes make a campaign to stop kids from vaping. If the companies can't do this within 60 days, the FDA will pull the flavors that are most popular off the shelves: mint, fruity flavors, and creme. How will Juul and other e-cigarette companies respo...