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      I don’t see how Johnson and Johnson haven’t sued the absolute shit out of him at this point.

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        That’s probably why he’s saying it, lol. I doubt J&J wants a stupid, expensive lawsuit with the government over this, it wouldn’t surprise me if they’ve been in private talks to get them to walk it back.

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          A drawn out lawsuit world probably result in generations of magas not using Tylenol out of spite.

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          No way they don’t sue, it’s just a matter of time. I’m sure their sales have plummeted from all the idiots believing anything they read.

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    “The causative association . . . between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism. But it is very suggestive,” Kennedy told reporters, citing animal, blood and observational studies.

    Was what he actually said, the headline is click bait.

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    One Texas AG lawsuit, and they panic and rescind because they know their bullshit won’t hold up on court. Texas for the win??? 🤦‍♂️

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      ~(つˆ0ˆ)つ。☆ The stars at night are big and bright clap clap clap clap

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        As a native Texan i want to make clear that there is never a situation where someone yells out “the stars at night are big and bright” and everyone claps.

        That being said if it were to happen, absolutely everyone would clap.

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    I wonder how this will stack up in Texas’s lawsuit. Not that American law matters anymore…

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    It’s a shakedown warning to pharma companies: “we will upset your revenue stream unless you bribe us not to”

    That’s the only reason I can see a U-turn happening here

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    But you said you knew it did…How could you slander/libel this brave american company.

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      It’s pretty much worthless to read media and news that isn’t by one of the very few remaining journalistic organizations, and even Reuters and AP have had issues.

      I weep for the passing of truth and reality. I kinda thought we would go in the opposite direction a quarter century into the 21st millennium, but here we are. Reckon I’ll go down to the local alchemist and pick up some leeches and mercury to keep the miasma at bay and balance the ol’ humors.

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    Tylenol told him they’d sue his pants off is likely what happened here. It’s only a US brand of a more generic aspirin after all. So which is it, the generic drug, or the brand name that causes autism? Surely can’t be both in this case.

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            Which is unsurprising. Too many people are unaware how easily you can OD on the stuff because they include it in medicines for other symptoms. Have a cold? Take a sinus medicine (Sudafed + Tylenol), and an expectorant (Mucinex + Tylenol), oh and maybe some Tylenol too for the headache.

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            If it wasn’t already grandfathered in since before the FDA existed, it probably never would have been approved for sale.

            Still doesn’t cause autism though.

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            All of them have a negative side effects of the prescription is not respected. It seems the toxic dose per kilogram for aspirin is similar to the one for paracetamol, and the one for ibuprofen is about twice more.

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      Tylenol is not a name brand of Aspirin, it’s a name brand of acetaminophen (paracetamol outside the US). They’re not even the same class of drug. Aspirin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and acetaminophen is an analgesic. They each work differently and have separate mechanisms of action. You can even find them sold together (along with caffeine) in a single drug for migraines and severe headaches.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol

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    It doesnt matter really, evidence is really irrelevant to the entire thing at this point. The people tuning in do not understand what autism is to begin with, let alone what evidence would even mean in this context.

    I won’t be surprised when studies show in a few years a large drop in Tylenol use during pregnancy (probably overall use too), and the diagnosis rate of autism continues the overall increasing trend (as we become better at diagnosing it).