tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post6430546151729734473..comments2024-03-25T08:08:23.132-07:00Comments on Who Has Time For This?: Airborne Losing AltitudeDavid Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-80135462407517589632015-12-21T12:57:42.454-08:002015-12-21T12:57:42.454-08:00The problem is if people "believe" somet...The problem is if people "believe" something works, then most often it does. "Oh I took Airborne too late for this cold but it still helped me anyway. I only had a cold for 5 days instead 7 days this time. This stuff works great!" Blah blah......C'mon...use your brain and eat right, get enough exercise and sleep, and the chances of you getting sick get lower and lower. I get a cold or flu once every 7-10 years. I've never taken Airborne so what's my secret? Just what I said above. Good luck people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-59366366315719669672008-03-14T13:07:00.000-07:002008-03-14T13:07:00.000-07:00I was disturbed to find that most of my co-workers...I was disturbed to find that most of my co-workers all used Airborne. After I informed them of what little I know about the product, they swore that it works. Hopefully this latest development will grant them more wisdom on this matter.Andy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00932870492649891679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-1178785722750565202008-03-12T23:58:00.000-07:002008-03-12T23:58:00.000-07:00An amusing anecdote: I worked with an angel (form...An amusing anecdote: I worked with an angel (former Intel Exec) on a startup several years back. We were making a pitch to a Saleforce guy who had a cold. My associate was pumping Airborne and I was uncomfortable. Should we be exposing ourselves as charlatans like this? Anyway, bottom line is that if my suspicion meter fires, I run away...Erdos56https://www.blogger.com/profile/04426474525236405685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-35105663086798126452008-03-12T13:55:00.000-07:002008-03-12T13:55:00.000-07:00http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9367065?ordinal...http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9367065?ordinalpos=55&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum<BR/>Here's a study showing women with lower blood-ascorbate levels had higher risk of cervical cancer. There's a lot of evidence that vitamin C reduces cold duration and can reduce incidence if the person is exposed to harsh physical conditions previously which would lower blood-ascorbate levels. <BR/><BR/>Lysine increases macrophage levels. <BR/><BR/>The big problem seems to be the use of artificial (racemic) beta-carotine and vitamin-e rather than the (enantiomerically pure) natural forms of these anti-oxidants.Ryan W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10436503972074564305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-52621827764393238662008-03-09T23:53:00.000-07:002008-03-09T23:53:00.000-07:00Anonymous,You are absolutely correct that the $23 ...Anonymous,<BR/>You are absolutely correct that the $23 million loss is juts a flesh wound to Airborne Health, Inc. But the much more important damage is the public exposure of Airborne as a master of deceptive marketing. Word of mouth is now working AGAINST Airborne. <BR/><BR/>Constant, <BR/>I think the me-too copycat products will be off the shelves even faster.David Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075075203254308405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-7722073313079909002008-03-06T19:11:00.000-08:002008-03-06T19:11:00.000-08:00$23 million? That's peanuts! Do you really class...$23 million? That's peanuts! Do you really classify this as a "loss" for them?<BR/><BR/>Heck, you're a VC... wouldn't you consider such a settlement a "win", if you were an investor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-24551786983604105442008-03-06T15:25:00.000-08:002008-03-06T15:25:00.000-08:00so, then how do the knock-offs (i.e. CVS, Walmart,...so, then how do the knock-offs (i.e. CVS, Walmart, Brooks/Rite-Aid Air Defender) fit into this scenario and what happens with their identical products?Constant Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00716674651103980693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14442178.post-40879885301796994472008-03-06T14:30:00.000-08:002008-03-06T14:30:00.000-08:00I think people would have treated that product a l...I think people would have treated that product a little differently if instead of being "invented by 2nd grade schoolteacher and her husband" it was "invented by a novelist and screenwriter and his wife"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com