Tylenol maker Kenvue denies the connection allegedly made in the report, which is expected to be published by the Department of Health and Human Services this month.
This is the problem with access to papers on the internet to non-scientist.
Epidemiology is a weak science, with correlations only, and huge amounts of hand waiving that is almost always wrong.
Note that this shit study did not ask why the mothers were taking acetominophen. Sample size is very low. No actual mechanism was even looked at. We piss away so much money on these studies, and if the data is negative, it is very difficult to publish, so they p-hack the data to see an effect, for more papers, for more funding.
Here’s the problem with this stupid hypothesis:
In 1982, seven people were killed from tainted tylenol bottles in Chicago, this led to an immediate halt of use nationwide and the recall of 31 million bottles. Tylenol sales dipped for YEARS. Less autism? NO.
Also, while North Americans eat these pills like candy for any stupid reason, many countries, like Germany, Switzerland and Austria avoid them because of liver toxicity. No difference in autism rates.
This is the problem with access to papers on the internet to non-scientist. Epidemiology is a weak science, with correlations only, and huge amounts of hand waiving that is almost always wrong.
Note that this shit study did not ask why the mothers were taking acetominophen. Sample size is very low. No actual mechanism was even looked at. We piss away so much money on these studies, and if the data is negative, it is very difficult to publish, so they p-hack the data to see an effect, for more papers, for more funding.
Here’s the problem with this stupid hypothesis:
In 1982, seven people were killed from tainted tylenol bottles in Chicago, this led to an immediate halt of use nationwide and the recall of 31 million bottles. Tylenol sales dipped for YEARS. Less autism? NO.
Also, while North Americans eat these pills like candy for any stupid reason, many countries, like Germany, Switzerland and Austria avoid them because of liver toxicity. No difference in autism rates.
What? No paracetamol in Germany? It’s over the counter.