President Donald Trump is spreading much more medical disinformation, this time firing off an insane Reality Social publish selling a brand new, made-up vaccine schedule and advising towards giving kids Tylenol.
“Pregnant Ladies, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS [sic] B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS!” he wrote.
It is unclear the place Trump—who will not be a health care provider and might’t even pronounce acetaminophen, which is bought below the model identify Tylenol—received the concept giving kids Tylenol causes autism.
Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks throughout a press convention with President Donald Trump and Administrator for the Facilities for Medicare & Medicaid Providers Mehmet Oz.
Saying that kids shouldn’t take Tylenol as a result of it might trigger autism is, after all, a totally false assertion, as autism is a developmental dysfunction, virtually universally brought on by genetics and never something the mother or father does throughout being pregnant.
Giving a younger little one Tylenol can not trigger autism as a result of autism develops in utero. Spreading this type of disinformation could possibly be extraordinarily dangerous.
“On Tylenol and autism, one thing is clear: There is no credible evidence that the former causes the latter. What we do know is that fear and misinformation can cause real harm,” Ashish Okay. Jha, dean of the Brown College College of Public Well being, wrote in an op-ed for the Boston Globe.
Telling mother and father to not give their kids Tylenol can also be insane as a result of acetaminophen is the one ache reliever/fever reducer that’s secure for infants below 6 months outdated. And, after all, mother and father ought to seek the advice of their medical doctors if their kids are sick.
However scaring mother and father out of giving an toddler a fever reducer is absurdly harmful, as excessive fevers can result in seizures and dehydration, and never treating them could cause extra hurt—which is why precise medical doctors are aghast at Trump’s newest medical disinformation.
“So much nonsense here: Tylenol (under direction of a physician) is the safest pain med in pregnancy. Tylenol is also safe in kids (much safer than Aspirin). MMR isn’t even available as ‘separate shots.’ Separating vaccines isn’t safer. It’s Hepatitis (not ‘hepatitas’),” Dr. Nick Mark, a vital care intensivist, wrote on X.
Although there may be one constructive right here: The general public doesn’t appear bought on Trump and Kennedy’s autism disinformation.
A YouGov ballot launched Friday discovered that 56% of Individuals don’t belief Trump’s findings on the reason for autism, with 43% saying they don’t belief the findings “at all” and 13% saying they don’t belief them “too much.”
Even Republican voters don’t appear satisfied on Trump’s autism conclusions, with 38% saying that they both don’t belief them or don’t know in the event that they do.
On the finish of the day, Trump is a moron with no medical background. So no matter you do, don’t take medical recommendation from him.
