Trump Ignores Science by Linking Autism to Vaccines and a Common Painkiller

The New York Times

#Trump makes unfounded claims about #Tylenol & repeats #discredited link between #vaccines & #autism without evidence

Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven & in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines & autism as his admin announced a wide-ranging effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder.

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Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol, vaccines and autism

President Donald Trump is using the platform of the presidency to promote unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism. Speaking Monday from the White House, the president said women should not take acetaminophen, also known by the brand name Tylenol, “during the entire pregnancy.” He also raised unfounded concerns about vaccines. The Trump administration has been under immense pressure from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s diverse Make America Healthy Again movement to provide answers on the causes of the marked increase in autism cases in the U.S. in recent years. Monday's announcement included the launching of an effort to study the causes of the complex brain disorder.

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“Don’t take #Tylenol,” #Trump instructed pregnant women around a dozen times during the unwieldy White House news conference, also urging mothers not to give their infants the drug, known by the generic name #acetaminophen [which he could not pronounce] in the US or #paracetamol in most other countries. He also fueled long-#debunked claims that ingredients in #vaccines or timing shots close together could contribute to rising rates of #autism in the US, without providing any medical evidence.

Medical experts said #Trump’s remarks were irresponsible. New York University bioethicist Art Caplan said it was “the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recycling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies, & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority.”

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Responding to #Trump’s warnings, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine said they still recommend #Tylenol as an appropriate option to treat fever & pain during pregnancy. The president of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists said Monday that suggestions that #Tylenol use in pregnancy causes #autism are “irresponsible when considering the harmful & confusing message they send to pregnant patients.”

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@Nonilex Exactly what we expected from RFK Jr.
@Nonilex Flood the airways with facts.
@Nonilex *airwaves. Or whatever.
@Nonilex Holy Heka in the reeds, it is going to take generations to repair this nonsense. If we can.

@Nonilex believe the scientists not the conman and his cronies!

#tylenolissafe

@Nonilex

Too bad he doesn't have actual brains working on the problem. Instead he has brain worms busily spreading mucus trails and misinformation

@Nonilex grab your #Tylenol while it’s discounted
@Nonilex Wait, I thought that was iver… never mind.
@Nonilex I think he has his own reason!!!