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The Trump administration is expected to link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy [despite the fact that scientific research has not conclusively demonstrated a causal link] | NPR

www.npr.org /sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/22/nx-s1-5550153/trump-rfk-autism-tylenol-leucovorin-pregnancy

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the "Tylenol during pregnancy" thing is obviously bullshit, but I think the other bullshit they're announcing at the same time will ultimately have a more harmful impact:
White House officials are also expected to suggest that a form of vitamin B that is typically used in conjunction with cancer treatment could be used to treat autism.
there is a long history of grifters claiming they can "treat" or "cure" autistic people, especially autistic children. giving a White House stamp of approval to the idea that you can "treat" autism with fucking vitamin supplements is going to turbo-charge those grifters.
these Behind the Bastards episodes are worth listening to if you want to know more:
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-grifters-behind-the-271466469/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-two-the-grifters-behind-the-271663090/
- I hate these fucking woowoo health grifters with so much passion. Thank you for the podcast links - my go-to for this stuff is the podcast "Maintenance Phase"
  
  Maintenance Phase is great, if you like that I think you'd definitely like BtB.
  they have a wider range of topics than Maintenance Phase - besides health grifters you'll also get cult leaders, dictators, child abusers, weird Nazi freaks, etc.
  here's some of the episodes they've done that overlap most with the health/wellness industry that MP talks about:
  Part One: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam
  Part Two: The Vioxx Scandal: How Big Pharma Killed More Americans Than Vietnam
  Part One: Bruno Bettelheim: The Worst Psycho-therapist
  Part Two: Bruno Bettelheim and The Quest To Make a "Good" Concentration Camp
  Part One: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export
  Part Two: How Tainted Human Blood Became A Major U.S. Export
  Part One: Laetrile: The Fake Cancer Cure That Birthed The Right-Wing Medical Grifting Industry
  Part Two: Laetrile: The Fake Cancer Cure That Birthed The Right-Wing Medical Grifting Industry
  Part One: Elan School: The Worst 'Troubled Teen' Facility
  Part Two: Elan School: The Worst 'Troubled Teen' Facility
- Except for a handful, all federal politicians are bought and paid for and only serve the oligarchs. If money isn't stripped from politics (see Citizens United), then USA will continue to degrade.
But it’s a lie that fits his agenda so they’re going to roll with it
Another weird distraction from the Epstein files
That's odd. I thought it was the MMR vaccine.
Also a good way to deflect people from thinking about all the other shit they put in your food!
So the vaccines are safe now...?
- The recent vaccine hearing didn't go so well for RFK Jr.
- RFK is between a rock and a hard place regarding vaccines, on the one hand, he has his base of support, who are obsessed with blaming vaccines for stuff, and on the other is… all the health professionals in the admin he now runs that he needs to maintain some kind of workable relationship with. Mass condemnation of vaccines from him might actually destroy his ability to run the organization.
I’m assuming “not conclusively” is a massive understatement here, given the usual levels of plausibility.
This stinks of a compromise, like RFK needs to announce some “cause of autism” because that’s his entire base of political support, but he can’t say “vaccines” like his base wants, because doing so would be so beyond the pale for the public health professionals in the organization that they might just refuse to work with him, ruining his ability to use his position to grift.

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