Tylenol set the gold standard for corporate crisis management in 1982 after people died from taking its pain medication that had been tampered with and laced with cyanide.
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The stakes this time may be even higher.
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In the meeting with Kennedy, [CEO Kirk] Perry and Kenvue’s chief scientific officer, Caroline Tillett, made their case that there was no clear evidence linking autism and acetaminophen ….
Kennedy agreed that there weren’t safe alternatives …. He discussed doing additional research, and asked that the executives set up follow-up meetings ….
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But days later, Kennedy texted Perry the link to a Substack written by Sayer Ji, the founder of an alternative-health information platform called GreenMedInfo who has spoken at events alongside prominent members of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement. Ji has contended that vaccinations, prenatal ultrasounds and “stressors” from cesarean sections are among other factors that can increase autism risk.
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Trump started to tee up his autism announcement a few days later, announcing on Friday, Sept. 19, that he was planning to hold a press conference. … Trump promised a Monday announcement about “an answer to autism.”
