Not continuing will be worse. The game is in the third inning. Would you want your team to quit just because evil is ahead at the moment and good has 6 more at-bats? If DECN quits because a few stock traders are scared, don't you think J&J will immediately file a demand for attorney fees, which in my estimation will be in the millions.

You want my opinion? Go trade some stocks and don't think about this for for 90 days. The company should not be concerned with what a few former shareholders, never shareholders and stock traders think.