Gas and Blast

Has anyone noticed that both gas and blast kill us now?

I love the new status change. I get to use all my configs and play with my builds a lot more. I made a blast build for my Torid and kept getting downed....apparently you can kill yourself with blast.

I made an electric gas build because I made Gyre recently, and I got killed by gas ticks. Is this new? I have only been using viral and heat since before this patch.

I think it really gimps the two statuses. What's the general consensus on this?