There were no autistic people before the 70s, of course 🙄
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While this has been a serious inquiry of study, there is no causitive relationship yet. Also I'm fairly certain we would have a significantly higher population of autistic individuals.
We DO have a higher population. But most of us are so used to masking our divergent behaviors that we have no idea that there is an explanation for why our thought processes differ from neurotypicals. We don’t know we’re autistic. But now that I know, I can confidently say that I like myself, I like how my brain works, and I do not have a disorder, or an illness, or any kind of affliction. I’m wired differently and I’m good with that, and I would not change even if I could. Bobby Kennedy and his brainworm can be forcibly drowned in a vat of molecular acid as far as I am concerned.
Vat of Molecular Acid for CDC!
Microplastics in the air caused by brake and tire dust seem to be the most compelling link I've seen. But that would mean a rethink of way too much, so blame a generic drug no one will bother defending.
Older aged parents on average is an issue as well
So my wife who can't take Tylenol yet my son is on the spectrum, I am doubting this finding.
She must have been sneaking them when you weren't looking. /s
You should control your woman so she can’t get away with this. You know better than her. Did she goto college or something and get infected by DEI?
Oh my god yes of course this is /s
Oh God it's the woke again! Please help! Woke got me
I found this particularly funny due to your username. I can totally see Dukat saying that lol.
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Anecdotal. However RFK jr. has even less evidence. sigh.
For fucks sake, someone please stop this brain-worm-demented menace. He’s gonna kill so many people.
This dumb bitch.
Why do the worst Kennedys live the longest?
The family has a tendency to not have a lot of brains
Dude...
Does he even count as 'alive' with that Yeerk piloting his brain?
Mmm. That takes me back.
But I hear he’s great at the holophoner now.
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A reminder that this wrinkly wavery fuck set a deadline for this conclusion. That’s… not how science works.
Not with that attitude
This is the worst game of mad libs ever
Damn I didn’t think brain trauma was inherited from uncles
RFK consulting his expert
And we have linked your erratic behavior to a brain worm.
Something tells me the brain worm made less difference than it should. This guy's mind was already half eaten.
I'm gonna need to see more than one peer-reviewed study before believing anything coming out of this administration.
Here's a few, not sure if they're peer-reviewed but one is a meta-analysis. Important to note which journals these are published in, since less reputable journals will happily publish a lawsuit-seeking falsified study in exchange for money.
Anyway I haven't read these, here you go:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6138494/
In conclusion, on the basis of these studies, only weak associations between paracetamol exposure and neurodevelopmental issues have been identified, and no causal link can be inferred.
2018 The British Pharmacological Society
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article-abstract/187/8/1817/4980325
Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for ADHD, ASD, and hyperactivity symptoms. These findings are concerning; however, results should be interpreted with caution given that the available evidence consists of observational studies and is susceptible to several potential sources of bias.
- Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6822099/
Cord biomarkers of fetal exposure to acetaminophen were associated with significantly increased risk of childhood ADHD and ASD in a dose-response fashion. Our findings support previous studies regarding the association between prenatal and perinatal acetaminophen exposure and childhood neurodevelopmental risk and warrant additional investigations.
2019 American Medical Association
Okay yeah now I'm concerned.
Okay yeah now I’m concerned.
The sum of those studies is effectively little to nothing. We all know that correlation is not causation and these correlations are weak and logically problematic.
Instead, take a look at this one, which not only hypothesizes a cause, but used that hypothesis to form a treatment that worked so well it seemed almost miraculous.
Three weeks ago (interesting timing), meta study:
Our analyses using the Navigation Guide thus support evidence consistent with an association between acetaminophen exposure during pregnancy and increased incidence of NDDs. Appropriate and immediate steps should be taken to advise pregnant women to limit acetaminophen consumption to protect their offspring’s neurodevelopment.
https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-025-01208-0
No it, won't
Johnson&Johnson lawsuit in 3, 2, 1...
This is the kind of lawsuit that might result in a settlement big enough to get the attention of the government budget folks.
Wait, I thouht it was vaccines.
Can we be sure he doesn't actually have some kind of disability that makes him so stupid? I mean, he had a fucking worm eat some of his brain; that had to have had an effect.
And republicans endorse this shit because they're a death cult full of gullible fucking fruit loops. am I missing something?
The bright froot loops or the dull Canadian ones?
More distractions...
I’m sure the manufacturer is fine with that.
Edit: quick look and Kenview’s stock just tanked.