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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 08:32 PM Mar 2020

Alex Jones Is Peddling Toothpaste That He Falsely Says Kills Coronavirus

Source: Huffington Post

Conspiracy theorist and talk radio host Alex Jones is using public fears over the coronavirus outbreak to help peddle toothpaste that he falsely claims can kill the virus.

Jones told listeners on his “Infowars” program Tuesday that silver-infused toothpaste being sold on his website has been verified by federal officials as a coronavirus killer, despite the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying otherwise.

“The patented nanosilver we have, the Pentagon has come out and documented and Homeland Security has said this stuff kills the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range,” he said. “They’re still discounted despite all the hell breaking loose.”

The FDA has previously said that colloidal silver is not safe or effective for treating any disease or condition, however. On Monday, nanosilver was on a list of products that the FDA said it had flagged, along with the Federal Trade Commission, as being sold as unapproved products intended to prevent or treat COVID-19.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-toothpaste-coronavirus_n_5e694142c5b6bd8156f0ce82

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Alex Jones Is Peddling Toothpaste That He Falsely Says Kills Coronavirus (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 OP
Silver is also Jim Bakker's anti-covid-19 scam. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #1
Jail him. mpcamb Mar 2020 #2
+1000 CaptYossarian Mar 2020 #3
Well, THIS should be illegal enough to toss his fat ass in jail oldsoftie Mar 2020 #4
In a democracy, it would be. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #6
So when we see a lot of blue hued people in the next few months we'll know they are fools kimbutgar Mar 2020 #5
They need to throw some orange dye in it. Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #7
+1 haha kimbutgar Mar 2020 #8
But what do you get when you mix blue and orange? Grokenstein Mar 2020 #12
Real ugly! Dem2theMax Mar 2020 #13
Remind me of the joke about the captain of the warship lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #17
Kills the virus??? Ahhh but will it get you out of a DuI? nt mitch96 Mar 2020 #9
Isn't this the kind of stuff you can be arrested for? sakabatou Mar 2020 #10
Anyone credulous enough to buy the snake oil Lord Ludd Mar 2020 #11
These fucking wack jobs are going to end up poisoning themselves. BlueIdaho Mar 2020 #14
Notice how Jones dropped names like "The Pentagon" and "Homeland Security". Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #15
I understand the impetus jmowreader Mar 2020 #16
Alex can cure WHAT? I thought there WAS NO coronavirus! JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2020 #18
Mix it with colloidal silver for the full benefit. yellowcanine Mar 2020 #19

kimbutgar

(21,138 posts)
5. So when we see a lot of blue hued people in the next few months we'll know they are fools
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 09:08 PM
Mar 2020

Who got ripped off by scammers like Alex Jones and a Baker.

One of the characteristics of collidial silver is it turns your skin blue.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
17. Remind me of the joke about the captain of the warship
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 05:17 AM
Mar 2020

and his red pants.

crew: Captain, there is a warship approaching...
Captain: bring me my red pants... I don't want the crew to see me bleeding!"

next day

crew: Captain, there are two warships approaching...
Captian: bring me my red pants!

next day

crew: Captain, they are six warships approaching....
Captain: ok... bring me my brown pants!

Lord Ludd

(585 posts)
11. Anyone credulous enough to buy the snake oil
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 11:17 PM
Mar 2020

peddled by these predatory grifters (Jones, Bakker, Limbaugh, et al.) deserves what they get (i.e., nothing).

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
15. Notice how Jones dropped names like "The Pentagon" and "Homeland Security".
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 12:51 AM
Mar 2020

This is what turns on the likes of his fans. Authoritarian shit.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
16. I understand the impetus
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:15 AM
Mar 2020

Alex Jones needs a lot of money, right now, to pay his DUI bills.

However, rational people would prefer he just launch a GoFundMe for that.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,339 posts)
18. Alex can cure WHAT? I thought there WAS NO coronavirus!
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 06:49 AM
Mar 2020

Besides, the only true cure is to walk through the towns, chanting and self-flagellating.

If it worked in the 14th century, it should work now. Look for my whips on DU Marketplace soon. They will be reasonably priced.

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