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Posted by randycupertino 9/5/2025

Kenvue stock drops on report RFK Jr will link autism to Tylenol during pregnancy(www.cnbc.com)
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s3graham 9/6/2025|
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406 seems like a good review.
ipv6ipv4 9/6/2025||
Up until yesterday it was vaccines. Now it’s acetaminophen, and nobody is batting an eyelash at the about face.
nxobject 7 days ago|
The discussion about vaccines has been toxified in blue states - may as well throw out another reason to keep the crunchy skeptics on board.
nxobject 7 days ago||
My wife is already disproportionately denied pain management compared to me - I’d be very, very concerned about how this result gets implemented.

But at least they figured out autism by September, right?

hcfman 6 days ago||
Can't we find a way to cure lawyerism? That's a terrible debilitating sickness.

I expect that Kennedyism is also hereditary. Another one.

JCM9 9/6/2025||
When something like this happens there’s a non-zero chance some slimy hedge fund is behind this pushing conspiracy theories on gullible folks to tank a stock.
burnt-resistor 9/6/2025||
Someone needs to find a new brain worm for the heroin junkie who dabbled in environmental law that gets him doing the right thing™ like:

- going after quacks who promote bleach, horse dewormers (maybe that's the problem), and raw milk

- adopt the precautionary principle

- approve EU sunscreen compounds without animal testing and banning reef/human unsafe ones

- leave science to scientists

- increase regulatory oversight over food manufacturing, additive, and supply chain regulation so there aren't canyons of non-enforcement or exclusions between FDA and USDA

Or, maybe, this is really radical... find someone else competent to do the job.

jiggawatts 9/6/2025||
If he’s right, we’ll know before the end of Trump’s term.

How much are people willing to bet that the incidence of autism will remain unchanged and the administration will disavow everything.

“Nobody knew autism was so complicated.” — future Trump, probably.

jackvalentine 7 days ago||
They’re going to mess with the data to make whatever story they tell ‘right’.
D-Coder 9/6/2025|||
> “Nobody knew autism was so complicated.” — future Trump, probably.

"Autism rates have gone down 500% during my r/e/i/g/n/ administration!"

Voultapher 9/6/2025||
I think you are severely underestimating the mental gymnastics these people routinely go through to never be wrong about anything.

When you go to the doctor because you child is on the spectrum. "Fill out this form Mam", on it is the question "Did you take Tylenol during the pregnancy?"

- You check "Yes" -> Your fault, should have known better. No help for you.

- You check "No" -> Well then it can't be autism, that's "scientifically" proven. No help for you.

buellerbueller 9/6/2025|
ugh, i am allergic to ibuprofen and aspirin (all NSAIDs to be precise). tylenol is my only OTC option.
syntaxing 9/6/2025|
You’re not going to become autistic all of sudden after taking Tylenol. The claim is that it effects the fetus during pregnancy
wizzwizz4 9/6/2025|||
And the claim is probably bogus. If it were true, we'd expect other evidence (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45147119) that hasn't showed up. More likely, it's an artefact of autism diagnosis rates varying in different populations, and maybe something to do with autistic mothers' fucky pain tolerances.

More likely to take painkillers + more likely to get your child assessed for autism = observed (tiny) correlation, even in the absence of any causation.

buellerbueller 5 days ago|||
I am not worried about autism, ya goof! there has repeatedly been shown to be no link, and i am already autistic. I am worried RFKJ will make tyelnol harder to get.
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