I-FTC ithe ngenxa yolwazi olunganembile…[+] olusabalele ku-Facebook ne-Twitter, inkampani ihlinzeka ngokwelashwa okusolisayo kwe-COVID-19 noma i-coronavirus.
Phakathi kwemininingwane engamanga ezungeze i-coronavirus, izimangalo zethemba lokwelapha leli gciwane kanye nokwelashwa zivame kakhulu.NgoMsombuluko, iFederal Trade Commission kanye ne-US Food and Drug Administration bathathe isinyathelo sokuxwayisa izinkampani eziyisikhombisa ngezikhangiso zemikhiqizo yazo okulindeleke ukuthi zisize ukulwa ne-coronavirus.
Izinkampani ezithintekayo zihlanganisa: I-Vital Silver (i-colloid vitality), i-Quinessence aromatherapy, i-N-ergetics, i-GuruNanda, i-Vivify Holistic Clinic, i-Herbal Amy ne-Jim Bakker Show.Wonke umuntu uthole izincwadi ezibaxwayisa ngokuthi ukwenza izimangalo ezingenabufakazi kungase kwephule uMthetho we-Federal Trade Commission.
Ngokwesiqondiso se-FDA: “Okwamanje ayikho imithi yokugoma egunyaziwe, izidakamizwa noma imikhiqizo yocwaningo engasetshenziswa ukwelapha noma ukuvimbela leli gciwane.”Le nhlangano ithe abathengi akufanele bathenge noma basebenzise “okungagunyaziwe, okusuliwe noma okugunyazwe yi-FDA ukuthi kuhlobane nemikhiqizo ehlobene ne-COVID-19”.Ngakho-ke, ngaphandle uma kufakazelwa ngokwesayensi ukuthi zilungile, noma iyiphi inkampani ethi iyakwazi ukulwa ne-COVID-19 akufanele nje iyizibe, kodwa iyizibe ngokuphelele.
Enye yezinhloso zokucindezelwa kwe-FTC kanye ne-FDA yinganekwane yokuthi ukuphuza isiliva kungasiza ukubulala i-coronavirus.Lesi isitatimende esingamanga esenziwe uJim Bakker Show.Umphathi wayo, umgqugquzeli we-TV onganelisekile uJim Bakker (Jim Bakker) ukhuthaze uchungechunge loketshezi lwe-silver sol, ijeli yesiliva kuvidiyo enesihloko esithi "Ucwaningo oluningiliziwe lwalokho okungakashiwo yi-coronavirus."I-gum ne-silver lozenges.Umnikazi wake wathi ukuphuza isisombululo sesiliva kungabulala i-coronavirus emahoreni ayi-12 nje kuphela, kodwa umsakazi we-TV owake waduma emhlabeni wonke u-Bakker wabizwa ngabakwaRight Wing Watch ngoFebhuwari.
Omunye umsekeli we-panacea yi-Life Silver, esekela abefundisi ekhasini layo le-Facebook futhi ithi: “Eqinisweni, imiphakathi yesayensi nezokwelapha ngokuvamile ikholelwa ukuthi i-ionic silver ibulala i-coronavirus.Manje sekuyaziwa ukuthi amaShayina asebenzisa i-ionic silver ukulwa nokusabalala kwe-coronavirus. ”Ngaphandle kwalezi zimangalo ezisolisayo, okuthunyelwe ku-Facebook kusesekhona.“Angizange ngibone ukuthi inkampani yami yephula izindinganiso ze-FDA, noma ukuthi noma isiphi isitatimende sasithathwa njengesiwumkokotelo.Ngokuvumelana nesicelo se-FDA, ngisuse zonke izitatimende ezimayelana ne-COVID-19 kuwebhusayithi yami nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana.”Umnikazi we-Vigor uJennifer Hickman uthe.
I-N-Ergetics iphinde ibe nesibindi ekumemezeleni amandla esiliva: "Isiliva le-Colloidal kusewukuphela kwesengezo se-antiviral esaziwayo esibulala wonke lawa ma-coronavirus abantu abayisikhombisa."Umkhulumeli we-N-Ergetics utshele iForbes ukuthi bebeqoqa Ngemuva kwesixwayiso, isizindalwazi sibuyekeziwe waveza ukuthi: “Asikaze sithi noma yimuphi umkhiqizo unamandla okuvikela, ukwelapha noma ukwelapha izifo zabantu... Noma yimiphi imikhiqizo esiyinikezayo. ukudayiswa akuhloselwe ukudambisa, ukuvimbela, ukwelapha, ukuxilonga noma ukwelapha i-COVID-19 Yabantu.”
Amakhambi, uwoyela kanye netiye nakho sekuke kwabuzwa yizinhlaka zikahulumeni.Umuthi wamakhambi u-Amy uxwayiswe ngemikhiqizo engagunyaziwe ye-“Coronavirus Protocol”, okuhlanganisa: I-Coronavirus Bone Tea, I-Coronavirus Cell Protection, I-Coronavirus Core Tin Agent, I-Coronavirus Immune System kanye ne-Elderberry Berry.Kuwebhusayithi yayo, ithi: "Amakhambi amaningi anemiphumela eqinile yokulwa ne-coronavirus."
U-Amy Weidner, ongumnikazi weHerbal Beauty, uthe wasisusa isiphakamiso esikhangisweni ngenxa yesexwayiso.Utshele iForbes: “Ngenxa yokuthi iwumkhiqizo wamakhambi wemvelo nje, i-FDA ayifuni ngicaphune noma ubani encazelweni yomkhiqizo osikisela ukuthi ingelapheka, yehlise noma yelaphe noma yisiphi isifo.”Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi uma kungenzeka yini ukusho ukuthi imikhiqizo yakhe iwusizo yini ku-coronavirus, uthe: “Angikwazi ukwenza lezi zimangalo, kodwa amakhambi asesetshenziswe iminyaka engu-3000 ukusiza umzimba womuntu ukuthi ubhekane nalesi sifo.”
Ngasikhathi sinye, abantu babona ukuthi iGuruNanda ithuthukisa ikhambi layo lenhlaka yempepho, iQuinesence yamafutha ayo abalulekile kanye neVivify, itiye leqabunga elixegayo, zonke lezi zithembiso zizosiza ukunqoba i-COVID-19 ngaphandle kokusekelwa kwesayensi.(UGuruNanda uthe ngemuva kokuthola isexwayiso se-FTC, "noma yiluphi ulwazi oluhlobene nokwelashwa noma ukuvimbela i-COVID-19 kanye ne-coronavirus lwasuswa ngokushesha.")
Wonke umuntu ukhangisa ngemikhiqizo yakhe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ikakhulukazi uFacebook noTwitter.Amasayithi anjalo azama ukumisa ulwazi olunganembile, kodwa kusobala ukuthi imizamo yokuqinisekisa amaqiniso nokuqondisa kabusha abasebenzisi emithonjeni yolwazi lwezokwelapha ethembekile ibe nzima.
USihlalo we-FTC uJoe Simons uxwayise ngokuthi izinkampani zizosebenzisa leli thuba lokwethuka kwe-coronavirus.USimmons uthe: "Abantu bebekhathazeke kakhulu ngokusabalala kwe-coronavirus,".“Kulokhu, asidingi izinkampani ukuthi zidle abathengi ngokukhangisa imikhiqizo enezimfuneko zokuvikela nokwelashwa ngomgunyathi.”
Emasontweni adlule, inqwaba yemikhonyovu enethemba lokuzuza ku-coronavirus isabalale.Isibonelo, ogaxekile bebezama ukukhohlisa abantu ukuthi bavakashele amawebhusayithi besebenzisa izindlela zokuvimbela ezingamanga kanye nolwazi lwamanga lwe-coronavirus eduzane.Ngasikhathi sinye, i-Amazon yethule imikhiqizo eyisigidi esinezimangalo ezingamanga ze-coronavirus.
Ngasekupheleni kwesonto eledlule, inkampani ye-cybersecurity i-Malwarebytes ikhiphe isexwayiso kuwebhusayithi ethi ikhombisa amacala akamuva e-coronavirus kumephu yomhlaba, kodwa isiza sifaka buthule uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompuyutha emzamweni wokweba amaphasiwedi nolwazi lwekhadi lesikweletu ezivakashini.
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