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byargStyopa ( 232550 ) writes:
Strawman: Nobody says there is one cause.
And Trump is right about autism and pregnant women.
byndsurvivor ( 891239 ) writes:
The problem with Trump saying that Tylenol causes Autism, is multi-fold. One is that he is not a Doctor, has not read the studies, and does not have the skills to understand the studies. Another is that Trump is clearly Corrupt and apparently the makers of Tylenol did not grease him with money. Many Doctors think that Fevers that can be treated with Tylenol are a great risk to babies. Trump doesn't give a shit about that. I don't want a Politician who is the Authority on Everything, I want a Presiden
byAnonymous Coward writes:
>I want a President who elevates others, who says: "This person knows what he is talking about, and listen to him/her".
Let's be honest, you wouldn't listen even if he did, because as far as you know he's obviously corrupt and doesn't give a shit about what doctors say, so anyone he elevates is also suspect.
I've seen a handful of these studies long, long before Trump said anything about it, and I'm glad he brought it to the public's attention.
byndsurvivor ( 891239 ) writes:
The studies that Trump acted on are correlation, and that means Trump is stupid for acting and talking about them. Definitive studies have been done that shows Tylenol is absolutely NOT the cause of Autism.
byblahabl ( 7651114 ) writes:
The studies that Trump acted on are correlation, and that means Trump is stupid for acting and talking about them.
By your moronic "logic" we should still be giving out thalidomide to pregnant women. You know, we pulled it *purely* based on observed correlation of "women given thalidomide seem to give birth to deformed children", and noone *ever* ran a followup randomised controlled trial that you apparently would have demanded, to "prove" causation.
Likewise, we're not *ever* going to run a randomised controlled trial of "lets randomly give out a drug suspected of causing autism to pregnant women without any medical n
byjbengt ( 874751 ) writes:
Also, before you start mindlessly repeating the "correlation is not causation" trope that the armchair scientists here love so much: no it's not, but it sure as hell does suggest one. Since the definite experiment to settle the issue will never be done because ethics, an *actual* scientist will start looking for possible explanations of the correlation, and in this case it's a very short list, with "causative effect" pretty much on top.
When looking for possible explanations of any possible correlations in
bydgatwood ( 11270 ) writes:
Also, before you start mindlessly repeating the "correlation is not causation" trope that the armchair scientists here love so much: no it's not, but it sure as hell does suggest one. Since the definite experiment to settle the issue will never be done because ethics, an *actual* scientist will start looking for possible explanations of the correlation, and in this case it's a very short list, with "causative effect" pretty much on top.
When looking for possible explanations of any possible correlations in this case there is a very obvious one: the high fever that was the reason for taking acetaminophen in the first place. This is already known to sometimes cause significant issues in developing embryos/fetuses, including problems with the brain. Examination of the studies taking this into account find it improbable that Tylenol causes autism.
To add to that, autism tends to run in families, and according to one study I was skimming, women who are autistic apparently are more uncomfortable during pregnancy to a statistically significant degree. So not only does Tylenol not cause autism, but in fact, autism (in the mother) appears likely to cause Tylenol (use).
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