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ItsjustMe

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Wed Feb 3, 2021, 01:06 PM Feb 2021

Missouri lawmaker indicted for allegedly selling fake stem cell treatments for Covid-19

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/missouri-lawmaker-indicted-for-allegedly-selling-fake-stem-cell-treatments-for-covid-19/ar-BB1dkG69

A Missouri state representative was charged in a 20-count indictment that alleged she fraudulently administered treatments, including for Covid-19, that falsely claimed to have stem cells.

Patricia Ashton Derges, 63, allegedly gave so-called “regenerative” treatments to clients who came to the Ozark Valley Medical Clinic looking for treatment for various illnesses, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday.

The clinic offered its patients amniotic fluid that claimed to have stem cells, but in fact was acellular, without stem cells.

After Derges made false claims on a Springfield television station in April that stem cells could treat Covid-19, an investigation was launched, the FBI said in a statement on Monday.

And on Facebook, Derges claimed her clinic's "amazing treatment stands to provide a potential cure for COVID-19 patients that is safe and natural," the indictment said.

She self-surrendered on her indictment Monday and was released following an initial appearance in federal court, according to the U.S Attorney’s Office.
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Missouri lawmaker indicted for allegedly selling fake stem cell treatments for Covid-19 (Original Post) ItsjustMe Feb 2021 OP
Sometimes, when such awful behavior is revealed, I hold my breath until I find out tblue37 Feb 2021 #1

tblue37

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1. Sometimes, when such awful behavior is revealed, I hold my breath until I find out
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 01:13 PM
Feb 2021

the person is a Republican. (She is.)

I just don't want Democrats to be guilty of such behavior. I know our party isn't entirely free of scammers, but Republicans do seem to be more inclined in that direction.

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