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Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims (www.texastribune.org)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.

This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism. The announcement set off a wave of controversy in the health care community, and confusion among pregnant women unsure how they should manage fever and pain during pregnancy.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hear that MAGA hats have chemicals that leach into your brain and make you a complete idiot.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eh, massive correlation is still not causation. No matter how massive.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For instance, the correlation between Tylenol and autism.

Because there is a correlation. Tylenol is shown to be the most effective tool for combating fevers during pregnancy. And as it happens a high fever during pregnancy is also correlated with an increased incidence of autism. And since that was true prior to Tylenol existing, I'm sure if either of them has anything to do with it, it's the fever.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

if the whole Tylenol thing causes pregnant women to suffer through more fever and that causes more autism… well, laugh is the wrong adjective but the irony would be in abundance

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

if the whole Tylenol thing causes pregnant women to suffer through more fever

because they avoided vaccines....

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

In very real terms, maga mothers, and mothers who don't know any better will likely suffer needlessly and give birth to children who will never emotionally mature. My wife's doctor at least made it very clear that they're still recommending Tylenol. But that won't be all doctors.

[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

But, don't you have to be a complete idiot to put on a MAGA hat in the first place?

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 1 points 12 hours ago

I think you are getting my point now.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

correlation is not causation.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Given the amount of airborne lead particles in indoor shooting ranges there's a good argument to be made that failing to take chemical safety precautions will give you brain damage that results in wearing an incredibly stupid red hat with a 70 year old slogan on it.