From the Roosevelt room of the White House, Donald Trump presented on Monday what he described as “The most important medical announcement in history” of the country: the official recommendation to limit the use of Paracetamol in pregnant womenunder the hypothesis that its consumption can contribute to the development of autism in children.
The president explained that the measure arises from an investigation promoted by the Secretary of Health, Robert Kennedy Jr.and said the FDA will notify doctors that the use of Tylenol, The best -known commercial brand of Paracetamol, “it can be associated with a very high risk of autism.”
Accompanied by Kennedy and the director of the services of Medicare and Medicaid, Mehmet OzTrump urged that pregnant women “Limit the use of Tylenol, except in medically necessary cases”as extremely high fever. The president went further and said now “We understand autism much better than many of those who studied it”paying for conspiracy theories spread among his followers.
The Head of State sought to reinforce his thesis with statements without support: he said that among the Amish No autism cases are recorded Because they live away from modern medicine and that in Cuba It does not happen because “They have no money to buy Tylenol. ”
Despite the new recommendation, Science does not offer firm evidence that link paracetamol with autism. In fact, most specialists agree that the main factor is genetics.
According to the CDCthe diagnostic rate in 8 -year -old children grew from 0.66% in 2000 to the 2.77% todayan increase attributed above all to better detection tools.
The Matrix of Tylenol, Kenvuerejected the presidential statement: “We believe that independent and solid science clearly demonstrates that paracetamol does not cause autism”he said, and warned about the risk for pregnant women that poses this type of messages. Recent research in Sweden also did not find association, although a study of the Harvard University Yes reported links with autism and ADHD.
Trump encourages mothers not to vaccinate their newborn children of hepatitis B
The president was also allowed to give medical advice outside any evidence: he said that babies receive “Up to 80 vaccines at the same time”which described as a “shame”, and suggested delaying the hepatitis B vaccine up to 12 years. It currently applies to newborns to avoid transmission during childbirth or at home.
These statements evoked other controversial episodes of Trump, such as when in 2020 he recommended use bleach or sunlight To treat the coronavirus, generating alarm between specialists and health authorities.
Source: Ambito
