Texas Sues Mannatech- Blog Reactions
There was some interesting reactions to the The Wall Street Journal's piece, on July 6th, about Texas Suing Mannatech Over Claims
Kim Klaver picked up on the piece, observing that
"This is not about the quality of the products. Nor is it about what the products may have done for people. This is about people making promises. Claims. The curse of our industry.Where is a company with good products, where reps do not make claims and promises to sell their products?"
I am assuming that what she means is that are there network marketing companies with honest representatives who don't exaggerate the value of the product. But read the comments at site.
Tracy Coenen also picked up on the WSJ piece, pointing out that
"Also contained in the suit is a mention of the site glycoscience.com, which supposedly provides information on glyconutrients and attempts to present “scientific studies” that would appear to legitimize Mannatech’s products. The suit says that most of the “studies” on the site are actually papers prepared by Mannatech employees or affiliates, and have not been published anywhere or peer reviewed."
But what was interesting to me was the quote from Caster, who said:
"Mr. Caster would not comment beyond the company's statement. Dr. McDaniel said customers were responsible for the health claims. The company, he said, doesn't "condone or promote. But… when people get results when everything else has failed, they think from everything they've seen that they've been treated and been cured. Over and over again."
Now at best this is self deception. The human body can and does cure itself, without any external help. We would have never made out of the dark ages otherwise -medical intervention being what is was then.
But for a doctor to claim that the "miracle" reporting from individuals constitutes grounds or justifications for purchasing the sugar pills is nonsense.
How many people purchased the pills and were not cured?
How many people didn't purchase the pills and were cured nonetheless?
What is the base rate of getting a relapse or cure?
Just some questions that the good doctor might want to answer, under oath.
