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#1 Rogerdodger

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 07:07 PM

Oprah saved us all from Mad Cow. (Except for William Shatner.)
But once again our health is being threated by the truth. ;)
A school teacher cured the common cold but the Big Booger lawyers are such drips!
They proved in court that Airborne doesn't work!
Airborne's cold cure was featured on Oprah so it must be true but those "Big Snot" lawyers blew out the little guy.

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Airborne Agrees to Pay $23.3 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over False Advertising of its "Miracle Cold Buster"
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Company Now Under Scrutiny By FTC & 24 State Attorneys General

WASHINGTON—The makers of Airborne—a multivitamin and herbal supplement whose labels and ads falsely claimed that the product cures and prevents colds—will refund money to consumers who bought the product, as part of a $23.3 million class action settlement agreement. The company will pay for ads in Better Homes & Gardens, Parade, People, Newsweek, and many other magazines and newspapers instructing consumers how to get refunds.

Concocted by second-grade teacher Victoria Knight McDowell and her screenwriter husband Thomas Rider McDowell, Airborne promised to “boost your immune system to help your body combat germs” and instructed users to “take it at the first sign of a cold symptom or before entering crowded, potentially germ-infested environments.” The company’s folksy “created by a school teacher!” slogan and insistence that the product be stocked with real cold, cough, and flu medicines instead of with dietary supplements, helped turn the company into an overnight success, as did an appearance by Victoria Knight McDowell on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

#2 Rogerdodger

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 08:07 PM

It's not fair! :P

#3 calmcookie

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Posted 08 March 2008 - 08:52 AM

Roger,

Oprah featured the "Airborne" creator as a successful business person ... she didn't say anything about whether the companies claims were correct. That airborne stuff was total nonsense, but all that marketing paid off (big time!).

Natural approaches to health DO work, but they cannot be found in any one pill, potion, or remedy. There are many proven ways to boost your immune system, so that you're far less likely to get colds or flu ... but that silly airborne product isn't one of them ! The teacher "creator" was, however, a successful business person.

Cheers, C.C.