Find out your relative Covid risk.

[Moon]

Dig out your most recent blood panel, and go to stopcovidcold.com. Your test result will be followed by a nine-and-a-half-minute video explaining the value of enhancing immunity; this is not an ad.

[socoexpat]

Just so people are aware - this site is a creation of Dr David Perlmutter and Dr Joseph Mercola. Both "celebrity doctors" with cultish followings that make fortunes off of "supplements" and "treatments" they have created.

The word "charlatan" has been used to describe both of them by many in the medical and scientific communities.

[Moon]

Aha, so the non-ad may lead to an ad! That's a pity. Well, take the money you'd have spent on whatever they turn out to be promoting, and subscribe to Prevention instead.

[Shandi]

This doesn't bring up a useable link for me. Do you have a better link?

Thanks

[Moon]

Yes, and I'm glad you told me about this; I typoed the URL when I put it into the field for what URL the link goes to. Now it works.

[Shandi]

Most doctors do well financially, in spite of prescribing life-threatening medications. Even those doctors who treat "celebrities" have been implicated in the deaths of their patients.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/celeb...rugs_n_1831731

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrity-prescription-overdoses/

Dr. Mercola may have a "cult" following, but I doubt if he's prescribing life-threatening drugs. I haven't been able to access the site posted. Many famous people have a "cult-type" following, but do we blame them for being famous? The Kardashians come to mind, with their extreme influence on young people, women especially. The bottom line is to accept our responsibility in questioning our continual exposure to products touted as "Must have". The number of times I see the words "I WANT!" on product posts, is mind boggling.

The reality is that most of these are from females of every age, culture, and education. There's lots of neuro-science that goes into these ads....and it's the secret weapon of marketing.
Neuromarketing: The new science of consumer decisions | Terry Wu | TEDxBlaine YouTube.com