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Missouri chiropractor accused of false COVID-19 cure claims
April 16, 2021
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ST. LOUIS (AP) A Missouri chiropractor and his company are facing a federal complaint over their claims that zinc and vitamin D products were more effective than vaccines in treating or preventing COVID-19.
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it had filed a complaint seeking to block further sales by Eric Anthony Nepute and his company, Quickwork LLC, which does business as Wellness Warrior.
It is the first action brought by the FTC under a new COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act, which makes it illegal “to engage in a deceptive act or practice that is associated with ‘the treatment, cure, prevention, mitigation, or diagnosis of COVID-19,’” the agency said.
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Lied About Arrest for Public Intoxication
District 9 hopeful John Botefuhr was arrested in 2009.
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April 13, 2021
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Note: This has has been updated below with a response from the candidate, who claims he was not arrested.
Let’s not make this too much about me, but the fact is I have been intoxicated at the Kroger on Mockingbird near Greenville Avenue. I can’t say precisely when, but I know it has happened. Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Duh. The key, though: I’ve never been arrested there for being drunk (or for any reason). And if I
“Quack Protection Acts” proposed in state legislatures
Laws protecting “complementary and alternative” health care providers from state regulation have been proposed in several state legislatures under the rubric of “health freedom”. These “Quack Protection Acts” harm consumers.
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In yet another attack of Legislative Alchemy, bills protecting unlicensed practitioners of “complementary and alternative” health care are, once again, pending before several state legislatures. These “Quack Protection Acts”, as I like to call them, are the brainchild of National Health Freedom Action (NHFA) and a related organization, the National Health Freedom Coalition. To give you an idea of just how ardently these folks promote pseudoscience, I’ll turn to my recent post on their efforts to block public health measures during pandemics,