It’s purposefully worded that way to be misleading, even to native speakers. Explicitly calling something medicine or a cure means it would have to be tested and regulated. However, labeling something as being for wellness isn’t covered by that, and is just vague enough to have people think positively about it. That’s not saying that there aren’t beneficial things labeled under wellness; roughly speaking though, it’s can be used to sell whatever you want, while making people assume it’s actively good for them.
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MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSee, I’m not a native speaker, so I thought a “wellness company” was something like a hospital.
Daedskin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Native speakers also confuse this and end up in the backs of ambulances.
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Luckily I got warned first ;)
(I cracked a laugh with this, thanks)
Strider@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah this is kind of an US insider post.
ratofkryll@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s a private company in the “health and wellness” industry. Basically modern day snake oil salesmen that convince vulnerable (or stupid) people that “big pharma” is evil and giving you cancer or whatever, while the mystery pill they’re peddling will cure anything that ails you. It typically comes with a hefty price tag, lots of sales pressure, and zero evidence to back it up.