Robyn PennacchiaJanuary 25, 2021 11:41 AM
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Throughout the pandemic, people across the world have been getting into the whole DIY thing, either out of necessity or out of boredom. Some people have been baking bread, others have been remodeling their homes. Still others have been brewing up their own Covid vaccines. That last one, it turns out, is pretty illegal.
Washington state "entrepreneur" Johnny T. Stine, a surfing enthusiast and the founder and president of North Coast Biologics, has been selling an "untested, untried and potentially unsafe" COVID-19 vaccine for between $400 and $1,000 a pop since early March. After repeated cease and desist warnings from the FDA, Stine continued and has now been arrested on a federal misdemeanor charge of "introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce for distribution" and claiming it is a "COVID-19 vaccine," which could result in up to a year in prison.