Fusion Health And Vitality Accused Of Falsely Claiming Its Vitamin D Product Lowers Risk Of COVID-19

A Georgia company is accused of lying to consumers by falsely claiming that its Vitamin D product lowers the risk of contracting COVID-19, The Associated Press reported.  Fusion Health And Vitality, based in Alpharetta, is accused of telling its customers that its Vitamin D supplement, “Immune Shot,” would reduce the risk of contracting the illness derived from the novel coronavirus by 50 percent. Specifically, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that the product, sold through various websites for $19 per bottle, was marketed to people 50 years of age and older.  Back in May, the FDA warned the company that its advertising of this and a similar product made false and/or misleading claims about the product’s usefulness in preventing the coronavirus. Indeed, the agency even posted its warning to the company on its own website.  “The FDA observed that your websites offered “CORE” and “IMMUNE SHOT” products for sale in the United States and that these products were intended to …