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For every health scare, theres a bogus cure, and for every existing illness there are a ton of supplements and sham products purported to treat or prevent it. Yet there’s something particularly sinister about promoting products that can prevent or treat Ebola — an infectious disease that has killed over 1,000 people in regions of Africa since December. We’ve seen everything from dietary supplements to essential oils, said Erica Jefferson, a spokesperson for the FDA, in an email to The Verge. The types of products range. Because of a recent rise in fake Ebola treatments and preventatives, the FDA issued a warning yesterday reminding consumers that the real drugs currently being used to treat a very small number of people around the world are experimental and have not yet been fully tested for safety or effectiveness. Moreover, the supply of these experimental treatments is very limited, the FDA wrote in their warning.