NY orders InfoWar's Alex Jones to stop selling coronavirus 'treatment' products

[alittlelark]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/ny-attorney-general-orders-alex-jones-to-stop-selling-coronavirus-cures.html

New York Attorney General Letitia James said Thursday that her office has ordered InfoWar’s Alex Jones to immediately stop selling and marketing products as a “cure” or “treatment” for the coronavirus COVID-19.

Jones has been selling toothpaste, dietary supplements, creams and several other products through his website that claim to treat or prevent and cure the coronavirus, according to a news release from James’ office. One of the products, a Superblue Toothpaste, claimed to kill “the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range” and had approval from the U.S. government, according to the release.

There are currently no vaccines or approved drugs to treat or prevent the coronavirus, which has infected at least 1,300 people in the United States, killing at least 38, according to Johns Hopkins University.

“As the coronavirus continues to pose serious risks to public health, Alex Jones has spewed outright lies and has profited off of New Yorkers’ anxieties,” James said. “Mr. Jones’ public platform has not only given him a microphone to shout inflammatory rhetoric, but his latest mistruths are incredibly dangerous and pose a serious threat to the public health of New Yorkers and individuals across the nation.”

Jones did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


WHY is this grifting loon not in jail yet?

[tanyev]

1. I think the appropriate punishment would be to put him in a room full of the virus

and as much of his product line that he wanted to bring in there with him.

[Ghost Dog]

2. WHY is this grifting loon not in jail yet?

Because his business is profitable enough to allow him to pay off officials?