“I’ve been waiting for this… for 20 years”, the president told reporters, as he and Kennedy pinned the blame for autism’s origins among infants on acetaminophen, a popular painkiller marketed in the United States under the brand name Tylenol.
Trump, previewing the news on Sunday, had already called it “one of the biggest announcements… medically in the history of the country”.
In fact, those studies have been largely inconclusive.
Trump was not in the business of presenting nuanced news to the American public on Monday.
Twice, during his appearance, he directly warned expectant mothers not to take Tylenol or any other form of acetaminophen, which is sold in the UK as paracetamol.
“Fight like hell not to take it”, the president advised pregnant women.
It was the first time he has proffered medical advice from behind the White House podium since his efforts to amplify and promote entirely false claims about anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Robert F Kennedy Jr has spent the past 30 years promoting conspiracy theories about autism’s causes. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump described an association with Kennedy on the subject of autism that dated back to an initial meeting more than two decades ago. “We met in my office in New York… I always had very strong feelings about… how it happened and where it came from”, the president said.
Kennedy has spent the past 30 years promoting conspiracy theories about autism’s causes, even suggesting last month that he can diagnose the condition simply by looking at a child.
His views were influenced by debunked research published in the UK by Dr Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist who claimed in 1990 that a link existed between the MMR vaccine (mumps, measles and rubella) and autism.
Kennedy announced that effective immediately, the Food and Drug Administration will begin the process of altering the label on Tylenol to warn pregnant women not to use it.
Trump’s personal dalliance with medical conspiracy theories is well documented.
As members of his advisory panel looked on in confusion, Trump insisted “it sounds interesting to me”.
Nevertheless, he felt sufficiently confident to dole out medical advice to Americans that was immediately contested by the scientific community.
Dr Steven Fleischman, the College’s president, called the White House announcement “irresponsible…and confusing”.
At the White House, even Trump appeared to acknowledge that he might be going a little too far.
“But I’m not so careful with what I say”, he conceded.
And with that, Dr Trump, back in his element, continued to dispense advice.
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