Multilevel marketing sellers are using coronavirus to push oil and vitamin sales on Facebook. We noticed an increasing number of health claims on Social media from (new) distributors suggesting using their products would help prevent a coronavirus infection.
Distributors doing so risk:
To be terminated by their company
To get prosecuted by regulators
Loose their credibility under friends and family
Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to companies for selling unapproved coronavirus drugs and treatment products. The products included teas, essential oils, tinctures and colloidal silver, the agency said in a joint 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 more than 135,000 and killed at least 4,977 globally, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.