OLYMPIA — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is warning a Seattle-based business to stop selling and administering what the owner claims is a COVID-19 “vaccine.”
Ferguson warns that if the company, North Coast Biologics, or its owner, Johnny T. Stine, don’t stop making false or unsupported claims about the product, they could face a lawsuit from Ferguson under the state Consumer Protection Act.
In a social media post, Stine claims to have developed a “vaccine” that has made him immune to COVID-19, and offers the product for $400.
In the letter, Ferguson notes that no effective treatment or vaccine for COVID-19 has been identified, and that “consumers should not have to worry about being misled about the health benefits of products that have not been evaluated.”