Over the course of the pandemic the FTC, along with the Food and Drug Administration, has sent out cease and desist letters to more than 400 companies and individuals urging them to remove unproven claims that their product treats or prevents COVID-19.
InvestigateTV - The pandemic has prompted a huge demand for treatments and cures for COVID-19 and its many variants. As that demand increases, the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on treatment misinformation. The FTC is warning consumers after identifying hundreds of examples of online advertisements promoting products that aren’t what they seem.
“Many of these marketers are in what I would call like the natural product space where they tend to appeal to people who do not, either don’t trust or would prefer not use allopathic medicine,” said Christine Delorme, staff attorney with FTC. Delorme said one major thing for consumers to know, if there’s a medical breakthrough, you won’t hear about it for the first time in an online sales pitch.
The FTC warns there is no scientific evidence backing claims that treatments such as vitamin C infusions, herbal remedies, teas, juices, and nasal sprays prevent or treat COVID-19 or the Delta or Omicron variants. “That’s really where talking with your doctor about your individual circumstances is important because every patient is different,” said Hylton Gravatt,.
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