Anyone who says they have a cure or even a proven preventative treatment for COVID-19 is a charlatan
Jim Bakker shows off some silver solution. Photo: Screencap You can’t blame anyone for feeling nervous. As of Friday afternoon, the New York Times had documented at least 1,875 active cases of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in the U.S., and 41 people are known to have died. Though the deaths have predominantly occurred in elderly patients, and it’s still unclear exactly how much more dangerous than the regular flu COVID-19 really is, the danger is credible enough to stoke widespread anxiety.
Unfortunately for an anxious nation, anyone who says they have a cure or even a proven preventative treatment for COVID-19 is a charlatan. Take Jim Bakker. Bakker, who once formed one-half of a famed televangelism duo with his late wife, Tammy Faye, recently provoked the ire of the New York State Attorney General for promoting dubious COVID-19 treatments. The incident is in keeping with Bakker’s recent history.
The same is true for Gwyneth Paltrow, the world-famous actress turned purveyor of quack medicine. Her company, Goop, is known for Yoni eggs and the promotion of potentially dangerous treatments like colonic irrigation , also addresses COVID-19 on its website. Some of its advice is perfectly legitimate: Wash your hands! Disinfect your filthy phone! Get vaccinated, which prevents other potentially illnesses if not COVID-19.
But for some people, a pandemic is a business opportunity as well as a public-health crisis. On her popular Instagram account, Moon Juice founder Amanda Chantal Bacon advertised her own products to fearful browsers:
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