Kennedy to link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, report says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Michael Erman and Julie Steenhuysen

(Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce that use of Kenvue's popular over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women is potentially linked to autism, contrary to medical guidelines that say it is safe to use, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Kennedy, in the report, will also suggest a medicine derived from folate called folinic acid can be used to treat symptoms of autism in some people, the WSJ reported.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said that until the final report is released, claims about its contents are speculation. "We are using gold-standard science to get to the bottom of America’s unprecedented rise in autism rates," the spokesperson said.

Shares of Kenvue fell 14% after the report. Tylenol, whose active ingredient is acetaminophen, is a widely used pain reliever, including by pregnant women.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kennedy-hhs-tylenol-pregnancy-autism-175002163.html

[Tribetime]

1. I link CRACK to a fried brain

[regnaD kciN]

8. Too bad RFK, Jr. never saw...

…the “This is your Brain on Drugs” PSA – we might have all been a lot better off.

[Deuxcents]

2. RFKjr does not have medical credentials or training to understand what the study says but he's an expert

In “Gold-standard science. Got it.

[regnaD kciN]

9. Hey, they used ChatGPT 5...

[marble falls]

3. Next it'll be carmel corn. I wonder what his mother did to make him such a whackadoodle.

[PCIntern]

4. That should endear him mightily to McNeil shareholders...

Fuckin’ idiot.

Although I’m not that fond of the medication for other reasons and the parent company.

[Timeflyer]

5. I'm getting very, very sick of Brainworm Batboy RFK jr using a diagnosis of autism as a horrific scare term

for profit and political power theatrics. Makes me want to slap his liver-colored face--while wearing a full hazmat suit.

[karynnj]

6. Reading the full article, his action here, like most things he does, can be very harmful

A pregnant woman may take Tylenol to keep a fever, which can hurt a baby, from getting too high. He obviously has no idea how careful people are with food and medication.

[Wounded Bear]

7. This idiot is really trying hard to link autism to something...

I guess if he blames everything, he thinks he'll eventually he might hit on the real cause?

9 months in and I'm really, really sick of this shit.

[Buckeyeblue]

10. I think autism is genetic

The issue isn't that we have more instances of autism today, it's that many autistic people went undiagnosed in previous generations.

Autistic people just see the world differently. They fixate on details but struggle with nuance. I realize I'm painting with broad strokes. But I would argue that there is no more autism today than there was 100 years ago. I also think the premise that there is an explosion of autism is pushed by the anti-vax crowd.

[writerJT]

11. He's a full-blown kook. It won't be long

before he’s spouting the nonsense of people who are paranoid about every food ingredient. He’s not going to be able to withstand the cumulative backlash from the scientific community and regular Americans who want to be left alone instead of harangued by a nut job.

[maxrandb]

12. Never thought I'd look back fondly

to the day we were told to drink bleach and shove a flashlight up our asses, but that's where we are

[Arazi]

14. He's opened the floodgates - let the lawsuits begin

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. Autism was discovered and defined in 1943. Tylenol didn't hit the market until 1955.

Link to tweet

[edhopper]

16. We have made positive steps identifying children

with learning disabilities and who are on the spectrum. They can then get the help they need.
There is no surge in autism, just a better understanding of what it looks like.