Trump turns the White House into a Tylenol-autism panic room
Trump spent September 22 pushing an unproven link between acetaminophen, vaccines, and autism, then let the White House dress it up as “gold standard science.” Doctors and medical groups blasted the guidance as irresponsible and confusing, warning that pregnant patients could be pushed away from safer care and toward worse choices. The political problem is not just that the claim is shaky; it is that the president of the United States was using the bully pulpit to launder speculation into medical advice.
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Trump turns the White House into a Tylenol-autism panic room
Trump spent September 22 pushing an unproven link between acetaminophen, vaccines, and autism, then let the White House dress it up as “gold standard science.” Doctors and medical groups blasted the guidance as irresponsible and confusing, warning that pregnant patients could be pushed away from safer care and toward worse choices. The political problem is not just that the claim is shaky; it is that the president of the United States was using the bully pulpit to launder speculation into medic…
Trump spent September 22 pushing an unproven link between acetaminophen, vaccines, and autism, then let the White House dress it up as “gold standard science.” Doctors and medical groups blasted the guidance as irresponsible and confusing, warning that pregnant patients could be pushed away from safer care and toward worse choices. The political problem is not just that the claim is shaky; it is that the president o…
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