1,100 Phony Covid-19 Products Flagged by FDA During Pandemic

Covid-19 quacks and snake oil salesmen have been busy since the spring peddling 1,100 phony virus products, according to FDA data.

The Food and Drug Administration found more than 1,100 “fraudulent and unproven medical products related to Covid-19" as of September, Anand Shah, the FDA’s deputy commissioner for medical and scientific affairs said Thursday. The agency has sent 120 warning letters to sellers, 230 reports to online marketplaces, and more than 270 complaints to domain registrars over the course of the pandemic.

“It is an unprecedented number that they have flagged that many products all related to Covid-19" in such ...