A Port Coquitlam natural foods store is under fire for advertising supplements it claims prevent the spread of COVID-19. A sign posted in the window of PoCo Naturals offers a variety of products, including zinc, quercetin and vitamins C and D, which it claims prevent the disease.
Canadian and international medical experts have been clear that there is no known prevention or cure for the novel coronavirus. “If it’s false advertising they shouldn’t be allowed to do it, right?” said customer Ken Betchinski. “I asked him how much it was going to cost.
He figured it was about $100-150 and that’s before taxes. And so I asked him how long I would have to take it and he couldn’t tell me.” Global News asked Dr.