However, Nepute continued marketing vitamins and mineral products — specifically, Wellness Warrior vitamin D and zinc — as proven immunity boosters that effectively treat or prevent COVID-19 and protect against the disease better than current vaccines, the FTC says.
This language is straight from the FTC's complaint:
A. Vitamin D: The Truth v. Defendants’ Misrepresentations
Wellness Warrior Vita D is an ingestible product sold in softgel capsule form.
Each softgel of Wellness Warrior Vita D contains 5,000 IU Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) and unspecified amounts of “[o]rganic, extra virgin olive oil and softgel (bovine gelatin, vegetable glycerin, and purified water).” The Wellness Warrior Vita D product label directs users to “Take one softgel daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.” Wellness Warrior Kids’ Multivitamin also contains Vitamin D.
No Studies Prove That Vitamin D Prevents or Treats COVID-19
There is no competent and reliable scientific evidence that Vitamin D protects
against, treats, or prevents COVID-19.
There are no published studies that prove that Vitamin D protects against, treats, or prevents COVID-19.
Now go to https://c19early.org/d. It lists more than 100 studies showing that Vitamin D improves mortality, recovery, odds of ICU admission, and viral clearance in COVID patients.
The FTC's complaint is void on its face.
If people want to purchase overpriced Vitamin D with special extra virgin olive oil, that's their problem. Studies show that Vitamin D does treat COVID and this guy may be a huckster, but he didn't claim anything illegal.
"Doctor"
The guy is a fucking chiropractor.
He is being charged because he claimed that his snake oil is more effective than real medicine.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210422/first-person-charged-under-covid-false-claims-law
So the FTC is lying about these statements?
This language is straight from the FTC's complaint:
A. Vitamin D: The Truth v. Defendants’ Misrepresentations
No Studies Prove That Vitamin D Prevents or Treats COVID-19
There is no competent and reliable scientific evidence that Vitamin D protects against, treats, or prevents COVID-19.
There are no published studies that prove that Vitamin D protects against, treats, or prevents COVID-19.
Now go to https://c19early.org/d. It lists more than 100 studies showing that Vitamin D improves mortality, recovery, odds of ICU admission, and viral clearance in COVID patients.
The FTC's complaint is void on its face.
If people want to purchase overpriced Vitamin D with special extra virgin olive oil, that's their problem. Studies show that Vitamin D does treat COVID and this guy may be a huckster, but he didn't claim anything illegal.