Science says drinking silver won’t cure coronavirus, but companies offering the “cure” are trying to capitalize on the COVID-19 panic across Facebook and Twitter
One target of the FTC and FDA crackdown was the myth that drinking silver can help kill coronavirus, a falsehood presented by the Jim Bakker Show. Its host, disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, promoted a range of products - the Silver Sol Liquid, Silver Sol Gel and Silver Lozenges - in a video titledThe once-famous televangelist Bakker was called out by the Right Wing Watch in February, after the host claimed drinking the silver solution can kill coronavirus in just 12 hours.
N-Ergetics was also bold in its claim about the power of silver: “Colloidal Silver is still the only known anti-viral supplement to kill all seven of these Human Coronaviruses.” An N-Ergetics spokesperson toldthey’d updated their website after receiving the warning, noting: “We make no claims of any product for the ability to prevent, treat or cure human disease... Nothing we offer for sale is intended to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose or cure COVID-19 in people.
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