cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/50603073

UK experts have condemned “fearmongering” in the US after it was reported Donald Trump’s administration will say there is a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism.

Scientists have hit back, with one saying the claim “risks stigmatising families who have autistic children as having brought it on themselves”.

The Wall Street Journal reported that US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is expected to say Tylenol – which is paracetamol in the UK – is a potential cause of autism.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Don't let silly things like "facts" get in the way of RFK ...... I'm not sure exactly what he's doing it why he's doing it ... But he sure won't let the facts get in the way.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Stigamtism isn't an excuse to hide a link though. They could've chosen better quotes, even if the link is indeed bullshit.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    There are plenty of quotes in the article, including references to studies which very clearly refute the claim.

    Scientists aren't hiding a link behind the stigmatism of making women think they "caused" their child's autism. There is no link to hide. It's bullshit.

    As such, it is particularly reprehensible for the scum of this administration to push this quackery. They want to pretend, "autism didn't exist back then". Just like they want to pretend ADHD didn't exist, and trans people didn't exist, and gay people didn't exist, etc. They don't care what lies they have to spew or who they have to hurt to push their anti-science agenda.

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    [–] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    F*** sake Tylenol is a brand, acetaminophen is the active ingredient. So if they're saying Tylenol, you can guess this is just a standard everyday stock manipulation, and possibly some personal vendetta, but I'm going with shorting the stock.

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    I wonder how many children he had to rape before making that informed decision? That's all it takes to be an expert on children's health for a republican, right? RFK Jr doesn't have any other qualifications at all. None.

    I'm just assuming all republicans are child rapists now, since they ALL voted to cover up child rape.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    There may very well be a correlation, but the causation probably runs the other way if so. That is - autism may increase the use of painkiller use in pregnancy. Since all evidence points to autism being genetic.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Trump says it's bad for me? I'm taking it!

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago

    Personal anecdote, but I discovered that a feeling I had associated with being sick when I was younger was actually from the Tylenol my parents handed out like it was candy when any of us did get sick (exaggerating a bit, it was basically one of the go to "solutions" when sickness came up). I realized this when I took a percocet for fun, since people do that for some reason, and then just felt sick after. Like a head sickness, a brain fog.

    No idea if there's any link between that and autism (could just be a personal sensitivity, which is what I've treated it as ever since), but the argument from the article that it might cause stigma because it could be considered "their own fault" is a very weak one, weak enough that it makes me wonder if there really is a link. It's not "Tylenol and autism aren't linked", it's "claims that Tylenol and autism are linked might make people feel bad about taking Tylenol!"

    Though tbf, the response could be coming from the same source as the initial claims, intending to increase credibility via the exact thing I said in the last paragraph.

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