A century after phony flu ads, companies hype dubious COVID cures
Tiffany Hsu, The New York Times
Dec 25 01:56 PM
With a pandemic raging, a spate of ads promised dubious remedies in the form of lozenges, tonics, unguents, blood-builders and an antiseptic shield to be used while kissing. That was in 1918, during the influenza outbreak that eventually claimed an estimated 50 million lives, including 675,000 in the United States.
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