A post seen by many on Facebook calls into question the safety of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, based on the claim that the company was aware that for decades, their talcum powder products contained cancer-causing asbestos. While Johnson & Johnson has faced lawsuits regarding traceable amounts of asbestos in their raw talcum powders produced from 1971 to the early 2000s, their baby powder products are unrelated to the company’s COVID-19 vaccine. This post attempts to generate distrust in the company’s ability to produce any safe product. This line of argument first appeared on social media in early 2020, and has since resurfaced after FDA authorization of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine.
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