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ARTICLE · 23 MARCH 2021

Is It Prohibited By The FDA Or Is It Protected Speech?

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As part of its continued policing of COVID-19-related health claims, the FDA has sent a warning letter to Dr. Joseph Mercola and Mercola.com, LLC notifying them they are in violation of federal law.

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As part of its continued policing of COVID-19-related health claims, the FDA has sent a warning letter to Dr. Joseph Mercola and Mercola.com, LLC notifying them they are in violation of federal law.  Mercola is a major figure in the alternative medicine field.  Per a 2019 Washington Post article, Mercola has a net worth of more than $100 million, largely from his companies that sell natural and health-related products.  

According to the FDA's letter, Mercola has stated that vitamins C and D and quercetin can help treat COVID-19. Some examples provided by the FDA are:

  • “Vitamins C and D are finally being adopted in the conventional treatment of novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2”;  

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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