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Huh, I keep waiting for the makers of Tylenol to sue someone for defamation.

• zdragnar 1y ago
  Their own execs showed concern over the connection years ago, according to leaked memos (to the DCNF, for whatever that's worth): https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/bombshell-memo-claims-johnson-amp-johnson-admitted-to-tylenol-autism-link-years-ago/3991363/ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/bombshel... They're unlikely to win any defamation lawsuits given how unsettled the actual research is.
  • legitster 1y ago
    Expressing concern about their product and an interest in investigating the safety is not the smoking gun people claim it is. Obviously people at the company are going to be aware of the studies and have to respond to them internally. That's literally their job.
    • zdragnar 1y ago
      It looks and smells like the big tobacco coverup, which I suspect it isn't. Even so, we'll know more if the Texas lawsuit gets to discovery and more than what was allegedly leaked is revealed.
      • legitster 1y ago
        Johnson & Johnson has literally collaborated with the FDA in the past to put disclosures of risks during pregnancy on hundreds of their products. Many of which are more profitable than Tylenol. This is substantively different than the "tobacco coverup" in a magnitude of ways - but we're talking about an alleged coverup for something that the company doesn't have a history of covering up, for a tiny segment of their customers. Regardless of the actual risk of Tylenol, Occam's Razor should not lead us to assume a coordinated coverup.
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