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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Airborne crashes, burns and doesn't cure colds. You get a refund.

I have no idea if the whole herbal cold remedy thing is a miracle cure or a bunch of hooey. While I am very happy dosing up on Emergen-C at the slightest sign of germ infestation in me or any other member of my family, circle of friends, son's preschool or greater Chicagoland area, that's about as far as I've taken my alterna-meds. However, I know people -- teachers, flight attendants, parents, baristas, you know who you are -- who swear by this Airborne stuff. Swear. By. It.

But now the investigative journalists, lawyers and all kinds of other regulatory folk have stepped in to see if Airborne's living up to its claims and if the sniffling, sneezing, thinking-they're-gonna-get-cured public deserves some kind of compensation for not getting cured after all. For now, they think you do. That means refunds, whether you still have your receipt or not (which, of course, you don't). Rather large refunds, I think. Rather large refunds with which to invest in Costco-sized boxes of lotion-infused tissues and hoodoo-guru zinc tablets.

Of course, I won't be getting a refund since I've never tried Airborne but I'm happy for all of you who allegedly got duped or didn't and just were trying a different kind of approach and still want your cash back. It's all good. At least as long as no one dares question my Emergen-C.

[via: Salon]
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    Posted by jbirk Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:49am PDT

    I continue to believe that a heavy dose of vitamin c works. Maybe its -- or I'm -- just mental.

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