Q Hosts Nutritionist Who Promotes ‘Building Immunity’ Over Vaccines

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Joshua Axe’s talk at last month’s virtual event has raised concerns among experts.

The founders of Q have hosted talks promoting what experts say are unfounded claims that alternative health methods such as practicing gratitude and consuming essential oils can combat or even prevent contracting the novel coronavirus, sparking pushback from at least one ally of the group.

The talks took place on platforms affiliated with Gabe Lyons and his wife, Rebekah, both of whom are influential evangelical Christian authors and speakers. The two founded Q, which is described on its website as “a learning community that mobilizes Christians to advance the common good in society.” The organization hosts an annual conference that resembles TED Talks and features prominent Christian speakers, as well as business leaders, politicians and entertainers. Videos of the talks and affiliated podcasts are distributed via apps to digital devices such as Apple TV.

Lyons recently hosted two coronavirus-themed conversations with Joshua Axe, who is listed as a chiropractor and nutritionist on his website, which sells a wide variety of alternative health supplements such as essential oils. The website does not describe Axe as an expert on epidemiology, but it does boast that his company, Axe Wellness, has won accolades in Tennessee. The nature of his practice is unclear: the state’s Department of Health lists his chiropractic license as expired as of 2013. Read More

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Eating a nutritious diet, exercising in moderation, and losing weight will improve your health but it will not prevent you from contracting COVID-19. Taking massive doses of vitamins, drinking herbal remedies, and a host of other treatments recommended by alternative medicine practitioners will not protect you from the virus or cure you if you become infected with it. While some members of the public may chaff at public health measures likes quarantine, social distancing, decontaminating surfaces, wearing face masks, and avoiding unnecessary trips, and politicians may pronounce testing as "over-rated," such measures, combined with a robust nation-wide testing, tracking, contact-tracing, and isolation program are the best way to mitigate the effects of the virus, barring the development of an effective vaccine and treatment protocols. I write as someone who has been a vegetarian for more than 30 years and who has studied herbal medicine and other forms of alternative medicine, as well as someone who was involved in child welfare work for more than 25 years, including various forms of public health work.