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While I'm not disputing that Philips Respironics are an evil bunch of cunts, half of those symptoms are strongly correlated with just having sleep apnea and/or being on CPAP, even without cancer foam.

Dirty water tanks/hoses can cause infections or cough. Having sleep apnea is often associated with having asthma. Exacerbation can lead to pneumonia, etc.

I'm assuming the FDA didn't just look at these patients in isolation, but compared them to non-Philips-CPAP controls and to untreated apnea controls?



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