Why is this 70 year old guy so obsessed with something he knows nothing about? Why name Tylenol the “cause” of autism when he obviously wants to say its vaccines?
I get that the underlying goal of MAHA is eugenics, but I just don’t get why or this angle. I haven’t come across much really talking about it. Everything is focused on the fact that its obviously ridiculous that Tylenol (or anything) causes autism, but what is the obession with finding this nonexistent cause?
For being obsessed with autism and alleged medical industry causes of it, ans aoexidu vaccines, that goes to the UK where Andrew Wakefield fraudulently published that claim and it shot off with low information alt medicine folks, which was a big chunk of the population. The UK NIH alao covered (covers?) homeopathic medicine at the time, which is literally just giving people a little watee to drink because they think something that causes similar symptoms has been diluted out of it. This movement was also popular in the US, same kinds of people who buy Alex Jones supplements or trust chiropractors over propeely educated physios, etc etc.
There is a lot of mistrust of medicine. Combine this with a for-profit bullshit industry and blaming the medical industry for “new” problems becomes an evergreen scapegoat for any huckster. Autism was considered to be “on the rise” at the time, but like many other conditions it was probably just previously misunderstood and not diagnosed or misdiagnosed.
As for “why Tylenol?” I really have no idea.
Yeah Andrew Wakefield has been a disaster for the human race. I have frequently used the visual of “Doctors 50 years ago just said “The kid is broke” before lighting up a cigarette and smacking a nurse on the ass” no shit autism rates have increased dramatically as we’re able to actually diagnose it now.
I have a relative that called my sibling years ago and spent the better part of a hour telling them it was probably flouride that caused their child to be diagnosed with auDHD, don’t bother with the fact that we grew up in a house that was on well water in an area where natural fluoride concentrations in water tables are extremely low. Same relative has a naturopath that has sold her thousands of dollars in herbal supplements.
conjecture: trying to lower market value in order to invest or strong-arming something from whoever produces acetaminaphen (sp?)
I wonder if Trump or RFK Jr didn’t short Johnson & Johnson (they are the company that owns Tylenol). (Also, just fyi it’s acetaminophen, in case knowing how to spell it improves your life in some way)
it does, thank you!