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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: March 12, 2020 07:49AM

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/09/fda-and-ftc-warn-televangelist-jim-bakker-and-six-others-to-stop-selling-fraudulent-coronavirus-products.html

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it has sent warning letters to televangelist Jim Bakker and six companies for selling unapproved coronavirus drugs and treatment products.

“The FDA considers the sale and promotion of fraudulent COVID-19 products to be a threat to the public health. We have an aggressive surveillance program that routinely monitors online sources for health fraud products, especially during a significant public health issue such as this one,” FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn said in announcing the enforcement actions.

The products include teas, essential oils, tinctures and colloidal silver, which have been cited as not safe or effective for treating any disease, the agency said in a statement with the Federal Trade Commission.

The FDA said it was particularly worried that the products may cause people to delay or stop appropriate treatment, “leading to serious and life-threatening harm.”

There are currently no vaccines or approved drugs to treat or prevent the coronavirus, which has infected at least 566 people in the United States, killing at least 22, according to Johns Hopkins University.

New York Attorney General Letitia James previously issued a cease-and-desist order to Jim Bakker of “The Jim Bakker Show.” Bakker did not immediately reply to a CNBC request for comment.

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Posted by: CrispingPin ( )
Date: March 12, 2020 08:31AM

I am shocked that a humble man who has selflessly and tirelessly spent his entire life in a sincere effort to bring the best aspects of Christianity into people’s lives could have been duped into promoting an untested product.

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Posted by: nomo moses ( )
Date: March 12, 2020 05:54PM

Herbal Amy in Nampa Idaho was one of the other's the FDA warned. From the article I read she was selling tinctures and teas. She removed from the her web page some of the claims and believes she is now in compliance with FDA rules.

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: March 12, 2020 05:59PM

I'm waiting for Laree Westover, Tara's mother and famous anti-vaxxer who has a big business selling "essential oils," to start marketing a cure.


https://butterflyexpressions.net/home/

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Posted by: caffiend ( )
Date: March 12, 2020 07:09PM

It was extracted from pilgrims' saliva residue at a holy shrine in Qum.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-iranians-lick-shrine-believed-to-be-infected-with-coronavirus

Although the Iranian mullahs insist that because of their strong faith the Wuhan Virus is under control, the shiite is hitting the fan: 429 REPORTED deaths, 10,100 cases, national leadership infected and reports have mass graves

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Posted by: TonyS ( )
Date: March 12, 2020 07:18PM

Hucksters like Jim Bakker and Joseph Smith thrive on half-truths and emotion to make a buck.

While silver does have anti-bacterial properties, and is used in lots of medical equipment and topical applications, colloidal silver is simply way to large to do anything to viruses.

Viruses are extremely tiny, and the silver particles in colloidal silver way to large to have any effect.

So they take the antibacterial properties of silver, and then way oversell it to kill viruses as well, and that's just wrong... a half-truth in it's full glory.

So take a truth, then twist and oversell it, and mix in some emotion, and you can make a million dollars too!

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Posted by: Kathleen ( )
Date: March 16, 2020 12:40PM

I’ve seen two people with that condition. Colloidal silver is commonly made in people’s garages, and then marketed with an artful and impressive label.

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Posted by: Oregon ( )
Date: March 12, 2020 07:30PM

Why isn't he in jail? Sick and sick!!

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Posted by: olderelder ( )
Date: March 15, 2020 10:30PM

Oregon Wrote:
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> Why isn't he in jail?


He has been. Served five years for mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. (Originally a 45 year sentence.) But religious fraud is the only trade he knows, so...

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Posted by: cludgie ( )
Date: March 13, 2020 01:39AM

Selling essential oil made from rendered snakes is no crazier than wearing special underwear to protect you from "sin" and car accidents. It doesn't work any better than using snake oil.

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Posted by: JoeSmith666 ( )
Date: March 13, 2020 11:46AM

There is a preventive that is being kept secret.\\

You drink a Case of Corona Beer a day and you won't get the CHINAVirus(coronavirus).

or, if you do you won't even know it.

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Posted by: babyloncansuckit ( )
Date: March 13, 2020 11:53AM

How did mild barley drinks end up being against the WoW when the WoW says they are okay?

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Posted by: Lethbridge Reprobate ( )
Date: March 15, 2020 03:10PM

50 years ago I worked in the control room of our local TV station and Sunday morning was a seemingly endless stream of the worst of the televangelist shysters. Oral Robert's, and Ernest Angley and Garner Ted Armstrong and Pat Robertson all shilling for every penny you could spare line their filthy pockets.

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Posted by: Twinker ( )
Date: March 15, 2020 03:46PM

How about Gene Scott? One bizarre dude!

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Posted by: Lethbridge Reprobate ( )
Date: March 16, 2020 12:17PM

I don't remember him.. and I've forgotten a few. They were/are all the lowest form of pond scum, preying on the gullible, the stupid and the clueless.

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Posted by: Twinker ( )
Date: March 16, 2020 01:58PM


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Posted by: Backseater ( )
Date: March 16, 2020 05:13PM

but he could write Greek with one hand and Hebrew with the other, simultaneously, with two different colored markers.

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: March 15, 2020 03:58PM

I get all my medical guidance from Inf*Wars.

That Alex Jones is one sexy dude!

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Posted by: GNPE ( )
Date: March 15, 2020 10:35PM

'Food Supplements' are a huge staple in the Utah economy, sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant suggestions & claims as to health benefits.

Garn & Hatch were their pimps

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