Trump Administration Set to Tie Tylenol to Autism Risk, Officials Say

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The Trump administration is set to announce a link between Tylenol and autism risk, sparking widespread skepticism and criticism among commenters, who question the motivations and credibility of the announcement.

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3eb7988a1663

3 months ago

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Identified the cause and a drug product which can treat it? Surely nobody was front-running these announcements.

p_ing

3 months ago

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folinic_acid

> used to decrease the toxic effects of methotrexate and pyrimethamine

> Pyrimethamine [...] is a medication used with leucovorin (leucovorin is used to decrease side effects of pyrimethamine; it does not have intrinsic anti-parasitic activity) to treat the parasitic diseases toxoplasmosis and cystoisosporiasis

OH ffs! Brain worms again?!

These people are very unserious people in serious positions of power.

al_borland

3 months ago

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How convenient, a drug the entire population has taken is the cause, and they are ready and waiting with a cure to sell.

I’m highly skeptical of all of this.

drankl

3 months ago

It's most likely based on the findings discussed here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00553-7

dtagames

3 months ago

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Johnson & Johnson is not a friendly medicine company. They have a long history of causing and suppressing information about harms in their products. It's quite likely that they were responsible for the Tylenol contamination scare decades ago.[0]

Aside from that, acetaminophen had always been a dangerous drug to hand out willy-nilly. It's a major cause of overdose poisoning and is known to damage the liver. How was it ever approved in the first place? I'd say the same way as J&J's other products. It made up half their profit for most of its product life.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/No-More-Tears-Secrets-Johnson/dp/0593...

DoctorOetker

3 months ago

I thought this would be Trumps bleach and cillit bang kind of stuff, but the following is some very convincing evidence (assuming its not fabricated).

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/...

GuestFAUniverse

3 months ago

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I _still_ don't get the fixation on autism.

Is that even in a rational top 10 of any category of problems? Let alone "health"?

dialup_sounds

3 months ago

Moral panic among Boomer grandparents in reaction to escalating prevalence took root in conservative echo chambers.

The escalating prevalence is worthy of study, but yeah, there's a social/political fixation.

taylodl

3 months ago

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Given Trump's horrid track record with Covid treatment advice, which has been linked to thousands of deaths, why would anyone listen to this man regarding any medical advice?

fifilura

3 months ago

Are you asking why?

Because he is the president.

herbst

3 months ago

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Why exactly does the president of the USA announce scientific stuff?

jenkinomics

3 months ago

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Scientific?

herbst

3 months ago

Is it one of his fever dreams? I don't know. The whole situation is weird in all angles

duxup

3 months ago

Government via tick tok viral health advice.

Doctors hate it!

(and they should...)

leakycap

3 months ago

As we've learned, it matters less if you're correct than if you're first and loud.

bookofjoe

3 months ago

https://archive.ph/1pCvW

ben_w

3 months ago

I'm reminded of the ending of Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment, where a nation's god is revealed to have died, and 'his' recently announced additions to the list of banned things (rocks, ears and accordion players) was produced only by the collective anxiety of that god's remaining worshippers.

Smeevy

3 months ago

I eagerly await more AI slop that references studies that have never existed. Or, as this administration calls it, "science."

bediger4000

3 months ago

Macro-economics, military science, cryptocurrency, and now medical science! Is there nothing that Trump can't do, and do well? Think about the outcry that would have happened if Obama or Biden had made a medical announcement like this. The congressional hearings, editorials, and news analysis would have been deafening. Truth to tell, that would have happened even for G.W. Bush. But if Trump makes a decision, there's a little factual reporting, there's no wasteful court cases, no hearings, no media outcry. Relaxing and efficient!

FrankWilhoit

3 months ago

J&J "sold" Tylenol, and its long tail of liability, to a spinoff entity that now does not have enough cash to buy Trump off. It will probably simply disappear; the doctors will not go to bat for it.

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