Imagine having to buy another product so something you already spent hundreds on doesn't make you sick

Alyx and Covid-19
You can either buy second-hand for a higher price or join the massive queue.

So they are basically placebo bands and this new one tries to renew the placebo effect with some beep boop electronic LEDs?

Correct.

Pretty much. The way you can market medical devices and nutritional supplements in the US is really scummy due to lax laws.

The Placebo and Nocebo (when you know it's a placebo but still get positive results) are quantifiable treatments for this sort of thing though.
What's the harm.

I'm working in a company that makes a VR game currently.
It's like 30 people including me.
Not a single person here ever had "motion sickness" from VR or anything like that.
At this point I'm not sure if this shit isn't some sort of a psyop.

Nocebo is actually a placebo that "harms" you.

The harm is people thinking they're getting treatment for a problem but the problem persists. If it weren't for faulty products saturating shelves they would have found a more effective treatment. That's the harm.

that or take some take some ginger gum

Just eat some ginger