Once again, the Trump administration has turned its attention to everything except the nation’s real problems. This time, a common painkiller, Tylenol, has become the latest distraction from pressing issues like gun violence and the Epstein case.
In his new baseless, anti-woman propaganda, Donald Trump, alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has linked autism to mothers taking the common over-the-counter pain reliever Tylenol during pregnancy. And this came during a press conference where he could not even pronounce the ingredient “acetaminophen,” which he claimed to be the main perpetrator. This statement has sparked a huge controversy on social media, with people worried about science being replaced by federal conspiracies.
But neither Donald Trump is a doctor, nor we are. So, a double doctorate holder in Epidemiology and Nutrition from Harvard and a faculty member at the leading research institute NECSI, Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, took it upon himself to drop the hammer on Trump and RFK Jr.’s unauthorised claims. He posted a long thread to his official X account, providing proof of Trump’s lies:
So, a study conducted by qualified scientists and doctors could not establish a link between Tylenol and autism, but the two lying political leaders with no knowledge of science know better?
Dr. Feigl-Ding took reference from two studies, one from Sweden and another from Norway, both of which concluded that “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability in sibling control analysis.”He also established that “there is also no dose-response (higher dose, higher risk) relationship either.”
“A higher dose of acetaminophen did not find a higher risk than a lower dose or medium dose pattern. This also suggests a lack of causality, usually. While non-linear results can occasionally happen, there usually is a reason, and so a funky, unexplained up and down thing with no significant trend is a telltale sign in epidemiology that the Tylenol autism thing ain’t real.”
People on social media have been bashing Trump on his statement, too, saying, “they’ll fight Tylenol before gun control and poverty.” Another posted the news with an ironic jab: “BREAKING Trump Warns: Tylenol Causes Autism — Recommends Death by 105-Degree Fever Instead.” Regardless, the absurdity of Trump’s pseudo-scientific assertions has been exposed now.
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