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I love this conclusion.
On the one side, the Antivaxxers are pissed off. This alone is a great thing. Their hero and saint, their big hope basically bins them. Good.
On the other side, that Tylenol idea is easily debunkable. And I hope the brand owner Kenvue sues that administration to Kingdom Come for that. Autism is known since 1911, Tylenol is on the market since 1955. Even the dumbest of the MAGA-heads might notice that there is something wrong with that timeline.
Paracetamol aka acetaminophen, has been around since the 1800s. Tylenol as a brand has only been around since 1955.
So while we all know this link is bullshit, the 1911 defence falls apart based on facts.
I think a better response is show me a peer reviewed study from actual researchers who follow actual scientific methodology and have not had to be retracted.
I mean, it also falls apart when you consider leukemia is older than smokable tobacco, or that death by falling is older than airplanes, but still. No, Tylenol doesn't cause autism, but things being older than other things does not mean anything with regards to increased risk.
No. It was not developed until the 50's
Pretty confidently incorrect there.
For the cheap seats.
https://www.reagent.co.uk/blog/paracetamol-history-of-a-pain-reliever/
Pear reviewed, pear reviewed, I get my info from my apple.
That's why there's no autism in the rest of the planet. No Tylenol. We just use paracetamol, which is perfectly safe.
Autism is known since 1911, Tylenol is on the market since 1955.
I've seen that meme float around a LOT, and it's faulty.
Let's sharpen our thinking in-house first before we argue versus conservatives.
There's a big difference between "the rapid growth of autism cases is lead by Tylenol usage" and "autism is caused single-handedly by Tylenol"
You can bet every conservative who drinks the Kool aid will say that rfk is claiming the former, which isn't disproved by Tylenol being invented after autism cases.
"WAH, THEY DIDNT BASELESSLY BLAME THE THING I WANT TO BASELESSLY BLAME, CLEARLY THEY KNOW NOTHING!
I'VE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE FOR 20 YEARS BY READING OTHER PEOPLES LUNATIC RAMBLINGS ON FACEBOOK! CLEARLY I'M THE EXPERT ON THIS! "
My mom took an advil in 1982 and now I’m a gay liberal retard.
Congrats on finally coming out!
We're called Tylenol-Americans.
SMH my head how could Reagan's Dementia do this???
Everyone who has autism, every single person, breathes air.
COINCIDENCE???????
WE DRINK YOUR WATER, AND EAT YOUR TENDIES TOO
NOT THE CHICKEN TENDIES!
He didn't say chicken
They are just trying to determine exactly how gullible their anti-vax supporters are. So far they have believed every far flung conspiracy possible, why not this one?
Cause this one isn't in Project 2025.
Even conspiracy theories that are the exact opposite of the last conspiracy theory go by completely unchallenged.
The problem with appealing to the crazies, is that there's always someone crazier.
I love this so fucking much
We didn’t wait 20 years for Bobby to finally speak and then get served [a different answer then the one we wanted]
FTFY.
If the guy whose brain was half eaten by a worm said it's Tylenol, he must be right.
RFK is going to get Kirked.
Hopefully. Mans a danger to society.
Your going to talk about that happening to a KENNEDY and use some peasants name as the codeword. Its family tradition, especially if people spend the next half century or more speculating the CIA was involved.
He's heading for a Kennedy, not a Kirk.
with the worm in there, the chance that his head just... does that is higher than average.
In the head, in the neck, either is fine for me
Yay, it's definitely the oppressed minority, who had their brain destroyed, not the chronic smoker voiced brainwormer. We'll see how many rights we (the autistics all over the world) retain in the next few years.
Lol. Probably going bananas because of Tylenol.
WHEN IT WAS BANANAS THE WHOLE TIME.
Given how much of the QAnon-MAGA axis is rooted in trolling, this is entirely unsurprising.
You couldn’t make this shit up.
I am sure this has nothing to do with the fact that Trump said some vaccines work lol
Don't worry, next week the world's healthiest man will blame something else.
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Somebody's uncomfortable at the thought of it being a genetic disorder, because that would mean losing the ability to blame someone else. I wonder how their children feel about their parents being like this.
There's a lot worse parents do to autistic children. This doesn't even register for me.
-autistic person
Nah, they're fine with eugenics.
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Johnson & Johnson is a giant corporation with billions of dollars and I don't think they're gonna take defamation about one of their biggest products well.
They must have forgotten to pay the monthly fee to the great leader.
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