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TexasTowelie

(116,768 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:37 AM Mar 2020

Johnson & Johnson donates 10,000 goggles and $50M to fight coronavirus

Johnson & Johnson is one of several companies making donations to aid New Jersey’s battle against the coronavirus.

The New Brunswick-based pharmaceutical company pledged to donate 10,000 goggles for New Jersey’s healthcare workers.

“Those at the front lines are our colleagues, family members, customers and partners," said Michael Sneed, Johnson & Johnson’s Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs & Chief Communication Officer. "So we join the millions around the world who put them front and center right now, to support them as they provide care amidst COVID-19.”

Johnson & Johnson also announced on Friday the company was donating $50 million to the immediate COVID-19 response, aimed at aiding healthcare workers on the frontline of containing the pandemic.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/johnson-johnson-donates-10000-goggles-and-50m-to-fight-coronavirus.html

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Johnson & Johnson donates 10,000 goggles and $50M to fight coronavirus (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2020 OP

Very Good Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #1

Less than one fifth of what they spent on lawyers last quarter. LunaSea Mar 2020 #2

They don't have to do anything jimfields33 Mar 2020 #3

exactly. still_one Mar 2020 #4

Juries are awarding eight and nine figure dollar amounts in tort cases across the nation. TexasTowelie Mar 2020 #5

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. Very Good

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 06:03 AM

Mar 2020

LunaSea

(2,927 posts)

2. Less than one fifth of what they spent on lawyers last quarter.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 07:10 AM

Mar 2020

And last year was down from the 1.29 billion they spent on them the previous year.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/johnson-johnson-jnj-earnings-q4-2019.html
Perhaps a 20 billion-plus company could do better.

jimfields33

(18,858 posts)

3. They don't have to do anything

Reply to LunaSea (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 07:14 AM

Mar 2020

I hope this is the beginning.

still_one

(96,531 posts)

4. exactly.

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 07:46 AM

Mar 2020

TexasTowelie

(116,768 posts)

5. Juries are awarding eight and nine figure dollar amounts in tort cases across the nation.

Reply to LunaSea (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 01:23 PM

Mar 2020

They certainly have the right to defend themselves against such claims and that does include hiring attorneys to represent them.

Attempting to characterize corporations as evil has become a weak argument.

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