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flyingfysh

(1,990 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:58 AM Mar 2020

It looks like I could benefit from corona virus??

It seems weird, but I and my wife could benefit from this catastrophe. Johnson & Johnson will be testing a vaccine for the virus, and tests start in September. My wife and I happen to own a lot of J&J stock (my father-in-law was a senior chemist for a J&J company). He developed other things you may be familiar with.

I hope the tests work, and if not, I hope somebody gets a working vaccine developed. It just feels weird to possibly benefit from a disaster.

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It looks like I could benefit from corona virus?? (Original Post) flyingfysh Mar 2020 OP

well, not to burst your bubble, but J&J is gonna need it, given all the asbestos-contam. baby powder hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

Not to mention... Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #6

yup... hlthe2b Mar 2020 #7

I'd be a willing guinea pig safeinOhio Mar 2020 #2

Weird flex, but okay. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #3

No one benifits from this thing, marble falls Mar 2020 #4

Your ethical conflict does you credit. n/t Laelth Mar 2020 #5

hlthe2b

(102,637 posts)

1. well, not to burst your bubble, but J&J is gonna need it, given all the asbestos-contam. baby powder

Reply to flyingfysh (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:01 AM

Mar 2020

(talc) lawsuits.

That said, I'm happy to hope with you that the vaccine is effective (and safe)

Cirque du So-What

(26,061 posts)

6. Not to mention...

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:58 AM

Mar 2020

opioid settlement cases still ongoing.

hlthe2b

(102,637 posts)

7. yup...

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 11:05 AM

Mar 2020

safeinOhio

(32,807 posts)

2. I'd be a willing guinea pig

Reply to flyingfysh (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:03 AM

Mar 2020

and get paid too?

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,566 posts)

3. Weird flex, but okay.

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Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:03 AM

Mar 2020

marble falls

(57,875 posts)

4. No one benifits from this thing,

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Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:21 AM

Mar 2020

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

5. Your ethical conflict does you credit. n/t

Reply to flyingfysh (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 10:28 AM

Mar 2020

-Laelth

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