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RFK Jr Claims Circumcision Linked To Higher Autism Risk—Experts Respond
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, is making news again, but not for the reasons he might have hoped.
Kennedy brought up one of his most notorious allegations—that Tylenol, a common pain reliever, may be connected to autism—during a recent meeting with Donald Trump and members of the Cabinet.
He reaffirmed his long-standing hypothesis and even offered some strange new ones along the way, even though he acknowledged that there is no medical evidence.
Fired back
A few weeks ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump hinted to what seemed to be a big revelation: that pregnant women taking conventional painkillers might possibly induce autism in their unborn children.
However, scientists say that’s just not true.
Medical professionals swiftly disproved the hypothesis, stating that there is “no evidence of any link” between autism and medicines like Tylenol. This simply indicates that the assertion is untrue.
Tylenol’s manufacturer also fired back, saying it “strongly disagrees” with the allegations. Meanwhile, the National Autistic Society blasted Trump and Kennedy’s comments as “dangerous, anti-science, and deeply irresponsible.”
Many people are concerned about the passion with which he and RFK Jr. seem to be obsessed with discovering an “answer” to autism.
Among them is former President Barack Obama, who said Wednesday that the new proposal from the present administration was a health risk.
However, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reaffirmed his assertions and insisted that there was a connection during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
“Anybody who takes the stuff during pregnancy unless they have to is irresponsible,” Kennedy told Trump.
“It is not proof. We’re doing the studies to make the proof.”
”Trump derangement syndrome”
Kennedy once seemed to misunderstand fundamental anatomy when he claimed that a woman on TikTok had been “gobbling Tylenol with a baby in her placenta.” This claim quickly caused health authorities to take notice. (For the record, the uterus, not the placenta, is where infants develop.)
Kennedy continued by asserting that the woman’s actions demonstrated “Trump derangement syndrome,” implying that medical carelessness was somehow caused by dislike of the president.
As if that weren’t enough, Kennedy then brought out a previously disproven theory that males who are circumcised as babies have “double the rate of autism” because they are later given Tylenol.
According to AP, the phrase seems to be a reference to a 2015 Danish study that discovered a correlation, not a cause-and-effect relationship, between circumcision and autism. The study’s researchers emphasized that they lacked information on the medications taken and cautioned against drawing hasty judgments.
Kennedy’s insistence on linking autism to routine medical procedures has sparked intense criticism once again. Numerous medical professionals are concerned that his role as health secretary lends his remarks harmful legitimacy, which could jeopardize evidence-based care.
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