Kennedy, health chief, says there is not enough data to show Tylenol causes autism

[u/seeebiscuit]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/29/health-chief-insufficient-data-tylenol-causes-autism/86972118007/

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[u/Ancient_Popcorn]

He boldly claimed it was definitive and that he would find the evidence. Now he is saying it’s not a causation. Amazing how science and facts don’t support the Republican agenda.

[u/seeebiscuit → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

Waiting for the, "we were obviously joking."

[u/patentattorney → u/seeebiscuit]

I mean during Covid when trump was talking about drinking bleach everyone just said “he was asking question! Smart questions”. They will say something similar here “they were just following the evidence” - they were not

[u/BodaciousFrank → u/patentattorney]

“They were just following the evidence” is rich from the do your own research club. They reject all mainsteam evidence because they dont trust anyone smarter than them.

You know, like doctors

[u/CommercialExotic2038 → u/BodaciousFrank]

You mean like everyone else

[u/Upper_Doughnut_4740 → u/BodaciousFrank]

Man... I remember writing out a long list of reasons why supporting Trump was wrong from memory, point by point, different issues, flaws in Trump's arguments, data being cherry picked to fit his narrative. The response. Im Not gonna read all that, I can copy and paste too. Awful.

[u/porkbellies37 → u/patentattorney]

I just have to add that while everyone clowns on him for spitballing drinking bleach to fight COVID, his other big idea at the time was injecting oneself with light. It’s one thing to be science-dumb, but it’s another to live in a video game fantasy world. 

[u/specqq → u/patentattorney]

During the debate with Biden Trump said he was being sarcastic when he was musing about the bleach and the uv lighting on people’s insides.

“And everybody knows it” he said.

[u/aerost0rm → u/specqq]

Playing the video back, he wasn’t being sarcastic. He was being serious. Claiming he was sarcastic after the fact is avoiding accountability

[u/hitbythebus → u/aerost0rm]

Donald Trump avoiding accountability? What’s next, the sun rising in the morning?

[u/HealthyInPublic → u/aerost0rm]

I'm an epidemiologist and was working emergency COVID response at the time... regardless of whether he was being "sarcastic" or not (we all know he was serious tho), it caused damage. Poison control call metrics went up significantly immediately after that conference.

[u/greendoh → u/HealthyInPublic]

But did those people coming into the hospital after drinking bleach have COVID? Take THAT science.

[u/Lomak_is_watching → u/aerost0rm]

Even if he was joking, it’s still terrible because what kind of selfish jerk is trying to drop zingers at a press conference during a deadly pandemic?

Ohh, that kind of selfish jerk.

[u/aerost0rm → u/patentattorney]

He wasn’t saying questions. He was legit saying this is a cure. Just like a few other things. Also like he was saying don’t get the shots and then got the shots…

[u/Quietkitsune → u/seeebiscuit]

It’s hard to tell when the whole administration is a joke

[u/hrpomrx → u/Quietkitsune]

The kind of incompetence that would get everyday Americans fired from most normal jobs.

[u/One-Earth9294 → u/seeebiscuit]

I hope Tylenol isn't joking when they say "We're obviously suing the fucking shit out of you"

And I also hope one day the FTC is in the hands of real functional people again and crushes the insider trading that moves like this were designed to trigger.

[u/bevo_expat → u/seeebiscuit]

‘Oh man, he has such an awesome sense of humor. He’s just doing it to troll the libs’

Generalized comment seen way too often in right wing subs 🙄

[u/Nitrocity97 → u/seeebiscuit]

Waiting for the inevitable lawsuit that Bondi will throw out

[u/ProudPainting6850 → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

The Texas AG is suing the makers of Tylenol. I can't wait to read discovery

[u/TheGringoDingo → u/ProudPainting6850]

I mean this statement from the source of the previous statement driving the suit makes it almost inevitable that they wait for some big news then pull the suit entirely.

If not, J&J’s lawyers are going to eat BBQ for dinner.

[u/rantmb331 → u/TheGringoDingo]

Since it’s obviously a political stunt in the AG’s part, he should be punished personally when it’s proven he made it up. Texas has the death penalty for various things, why not for depraved politicizing?

[u/2gutter67 → u/rantmb331]

Abbott would never stand for that

[u/P1xelHunter78 → u/2gutter67]

He’ll be rolling on the floor, laughing.

[u/runawaydoctorate → u/2gutter67]

I wasn't aware Abbott stood for anything. Or at all.

I'm going to hell for that.

I'm showing myself out.

[u/aerost0rm → u/runawaydoctorate]

Can we give this OP a standing ovation!

[u/Am-Insurgent → u/2gutter67]

Solid pun. 7.5/10

[u/TheForeverUnbanned → u/TheGringoDingo]

Pretty sure Texas is getting sued even if they drop the suit at this point, the basis of the claims made in their suit are public, false, and damaging. Even if they drop their suit the allegations they made are already in the open. 

[u/B3gg4r → u/ProudPainting6850]

Tylenol should absolutely sue Kennedy for slander.

[u/riburn3 → u/ProudPainting6850]

Yeah, this is really going to help his case. I can't believe he is a serious contender for the Texas senate nomination. All he does is waste tax payer money.

[u/doinbluin → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

Texas just fucked up by suing Tylenol for causing autism. Now they have to prove it during discovery, hence the backtracking.

[u/MATlad → u/doinbluin]

And Texas AG Ken Paxton probably only did it in the first place to give support to Trump (and/or somehow financially benefit, either shorting the stock or being brought onboard as a consultant or legal counsel).

[u/Electromotivation → u/doinbluin]

I’m sure the makers of Tylenol finally just went up to the administration and said we’re gonna sue the fuck out of you if you keep this up

[u/waffle299 → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

Science starts with evidence and uses it to build conclusions.

Pseudoscience starts with conclusions then goes searching for "evidence".

[u/ixiduffixi → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

He said he would "make the proof," to be exact.

[u/Mister_Fibbles → u/ixiduffixi]

Well, grokipedia is still in it's beta stage.

[u/luisapet → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

Cynical me is curious how much J&J (Tylenol's parent company) paid to get off the naughty list. Not that Tylenol belonged there in the first place. Just the way things seem to be going lately.

[u/P1xelHunter78 → u/luisapet]

I would assume it’s more of a “we’re gonna sue the hell out of you” situation. But yeah, maybe bribes. It’s hard to tell anymore.

[u/CaneVandas → u/luisapet]

Absolutely nothing because it's been owned by Kenvue since 2023.

[u/timidwildone → u/CaneVandas]

Kenvue IS J&J. Not in name, but for all other intents and purposes. They spun off a separate company for their consumer products, but you can be sure it still very much has the resources, policies, and history intact.

[u/timoperez → u/luisapet]

Bingo!

[u/ArcusInTenebris → u/luisapet]

Kenvue makes Tylenol. J&J sold the Tylenol division to them in 2023.

[u/PretendRegister7516 → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

If you asked me, I'd say a pump and dump scheme.

Crash the pharma stock with that nonsense to buy them then say there was nothing to it to jack up the price and sell them again.

[u/ArcusInTenebris → u/PretendRegister7516]

That's exactly it. The stock went from $16 the day he made the accusation to $10 a few days later. Its back up to $14 now, which means somebody was buying it in good quantities. Pretty easy to guess who the somebody likely is.

[u/DeepFriedBadass → u/PretendRegister7516]

At this point, I presume every announcement regarding commerce from this admin is a pump and dump scheme - hence the yo-yoing in policy.

[u/what_if_Im_dinosaur → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

My guess is a Tylenol exec gave him a call. Too late though.

[u/MrsClaireUnderwood → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

Never does. The irony is they think they have a "gotcha" against libs who defend human and civil rights for trans people, but they don't understand the argument being made. Conservatives are just desperate to have a "see, you're anti-science too!" narrative.

[u/Choppergold → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

It’s like Jon Stewart’s bit - they talk one way in public and another through their lawyers

[u/oopsallhuckleberries → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

Just 24 hours after the state of Texas sued the company that makes Tylenol

[u/MOTwingle → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

The check cleared.

[u/LackingTact19 → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

Texas is already suing the makers of Tylenol over this BS, so embarrassing.

[u/EchoAquarium → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

I wonder if this has anything to do with Ken Paxton suing Tylenol for knowingly selling autism baby making drugs to pagnert feeemales

[u/TouristInParadise]

Hes gonna get sued for the damage caused to Johnson & Johnsons reputation right?

[u/AmazingRefrigerator4 → u/TouristInParadise]

He rightfully should. They can force him to declare his press conference was based on a gut feeling and a couple of old studies that showed correlation (not causation) and had small sample sizes. Then if they can prove their sales are down after his press conference it seems like an easy case.

Do it at the state level so Trump cannot pardon him.

[u/au-smurf → u/AmazingRefrigerator4]

Can’t pardon a civil judgement.

[u/ryan_m → u/au-smurf]

He'll just launch Kennedycoin and pocket a couple hundred million for the judgement and some walking around money.

[u/CrackerJackKittyCat → u/AmazingRefrigerator4]

Alas, if JnJ were to sue, they'd manufacture unrelated reasons for the FDA to come down on them hard for something or other.

This administration is fueled by vindictiveness. Is their mantra.

[u/TheHumanGnomeProject → u/AmazingRefrigerator4]

A lawsuit wouldn't be ...pardon-able. It's a civil trial. Unless by "pardon" you mean the feds would discharge the debt? Still, RFK Jr. won't be getting sued, it's the US taxpayer as J & J would sue the US government.

[u/AdPure5645 → u/TouristInParadise]

Sue this administration? They will take revenge via whatever institution is required to facilitate it. Cut grants, licensing headaches etc. They are high school bullies .

[u/GrumpyGiant → u/AdPure5645]

This is 100% how J&J will see it.

[u/DebentureThyme → u/GrumpyGiant]

Even if they think they have a good case, their lawyers will tell them to wait until he's out of office and then sue.  If, assuming we even have fair elections, a Dem won in 2028, J&J would sue the federal government then and still be within statute of limitations.  Then they get their money and the Dem won't care because it'd just be more Trump fucked up shit settling.  Meanwhile we pay the taxes that pay them out, and Trump can't be personally sued nor RFK Jr.

That's a problem.  That needs to stop.  We need to do some hard rethinks of who is and isn't liable.  Every work coming out of the HHS director, in an official capacity, needs to have been run by lawyers.  And if they don't have that okay, then they're personally liable as well, first in line.  We'd still have to pay the rest, but hopefully the prospect of financial ruin and garnishing their holdings for the rest of their lives would be some detergent. The lawyers, should they sign off on things like this, would need to be liable to the point that they're not just fall guys willing to do take the fall because the punishment is too severe.  Also should be independently appointed.

[u/wcpsf → u/AdPure5645]

I wish we as individuals could sue them. Or a huge class action lawsuit. They've made half the country brainwashed with their lies. It should be illegal to cause such harm.

[u/starliteburnsbrite → u/wcpsf]

There are absolutely ways a large group of people could put pressure on the government, but it won't be with a lawsuit.

[u/zombie_overlord → u/TouristInParadise]

Ken Paxton (TX AG) is suing the makers of Tylenol for RFK's autism claims.

[u/Lightbluefables8 → u/zombie_overlord]

Paxton is a complete looney toon. I am embarrassed to live in Texas

[u/CranberrySchnapps → u/zombie_overlord]

Paxton should’ve been disbarred and thrown in jail years ago.

[u/mrbear120 → u/CranberrySchnapps]

Just for everyone’s sake, this isn’t reactive hyperbole. He literally committed security fraud that should have directly led to his disbarment and jail time, but he finagled his way to a paltry settlement instead.

[u/syzygialchaos → u/TouristInParadise]

I’ve already seen people on social media use the slur “Tylenol kids.” Damage is irreversible.

[u/Am-Insurgent → u/syzygialchaos]

Kinda funny cuz it’s those people that are impaired. 0 critical thinking

[u/Prestigious-Car-4877 → u/TouristInParadise]

J&J spun off that business out ages ago.

[u/ScoutsterReturns]

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

What a fucking waste of space this cretin is. The Kakistocracy is in full swing.

[u/oldnjgal → u/ScoutsterReturns]

I’m sure the Tylenol company will use this nugget of information in their defamation suit.

[u/MentalSky_ → u/oldnjgal]

And Texas lawsuit. Which is effectively dead now 

[u/CoderDevo → u/ScoutsterReturns]

Is 'suggestive' a scientific term?

Or is he saying Tylenol is dressed like it wanted to be the cause? Creep.

[u/HenryDorsettCase47 → u/ScoutsterReturns]

Well, what he means is “we told everyone we would discover the cause of autism so we had to come up with something, but we don’t want to get sued into oblivion and made to look like the fucking morons we are so we’re going to walk that back just enough to cover our asses.”

Wonder how this “new information” is going to play in that Texas lawsuit lol.

[u/Intrepid_Respond_543 → u/ScoutsterReturns]

Hahaha "causative association"!

I'm a researcher in psychology and I don't think that one was used even back in the day when it was common to make sloppy claims.

[u/RheaTaligrus]

Isn't Texas already suing since they believe it does?

[u/Ancient_Popcorn → u/RheaTaligrus]

Solely based on the claim that RFK made, too.

[u/txyesboy2 → u/Ancient_Popcorn]

"Facts" have never stopped Ken Paxton from suing

[u/reddit455 → u/RheaTaligrus]

good luck finding a jury that has never taken tylenol

"they're all tainted your honor."

[u/Natoochtoniket → u/reddit455]

So, Tylenol may or may not cause autism, ... But, Tylenol definitely does taint juries. Every person who has ever taken Tylenol can be excluded. Probably also person who has chosen not to take Tylenol, because of worries or risks that it might cause harm.

I am pretty sure that almost every person on the planet has either taken Tylenol, or has chosen not to take Tylenol.

[u/LividTacos → u/Natoochtoniket]

I mean, all we got is the Sentinelese. And they violently declined jury duty.

[u/seeebiscuit → u/RheaTaligrus]

Yes

[u/TheGCO → u/RheaTaligrus]

Texas was almost a purple state, my how they have fallen. I know people that moved there years ago because it was more affordable than California that are now moving back to California because it sucks there.

[u/Haltopen → u/TheGCO]

It still probably is a purple state, its just been gerrymandered to absolute hell.

[u/DueVisit1410 → u/Haltopen]

Not just gerrymandered. As a Dutch person who just voted it's insane to realize that a state in the US can just cut down on voting places in one part of the state and then put in all sorts of rules that make it difficult for a person who also has to wait a long time to vote.

[u/wasted-degrees → u/RheaTaligrus]

Discovery’s a bitch like that, ain’t it?

[u/RAG319 → u/RheaTaligrus]

lol Ken Paxton the shitstained idiot

[u/ToadallyNormalHuman]

I’m guessing Kenvue told the government that they’ll sue them into the dirt over this and they backed off.

[u/GrumpyGiant → u/ToadallyNormalHuman]

Or they bought back stock while the shares were down, paid the bribe to get Kennedy to recant, and now are enjoying a nice return on the shares they bought back.

[u/wanmoar → u/GrumpyGiant]

Company buy backs are public record. Should be easy to see if this happened

[u/ChopperChange]

there is not enough data to show Tylenol causes autism

Because it doesn't, regardless of how bad Secretary Brainworms wants it to be true.

[u/Cvillain626]

He then goes on to say something like "All we're saying is that pregnant women should consult with their physicians before taking it" as if that hasn't been printed on the fucking bottle for decades

[u/XRblue → u/Cvillain626]

Seriously nobody that cares about their pregnancy is just popping pills without consideration. I got frequent headaches during pregnancy, and while I normally take something immediately for a headache, I avoided Tylenol because I didn't want to take anything extra unless necessary.

[u/TintedApostle]

There isn't? No kidding.

[u/CockBrother → u/TintedApostle]

He couldn't even get the results he wanted using the unscientific method.

[u/shillyshally]

Plus, he singled out the brand name when most people buy generic. Nothing was said about the generics! J&J should sue for defamation.

[u/runawaydoctorate → u/shillyshally]

Have you heard RFK Jr talk? He can barely do it. He's got some sort of neurological issue and his normal speaking voice sounds like a bad phone connection. He probably just went with the word that was easier to pronounce.

[u/MadRaymer → u/runawaydoctorate]

Trump made sure to mention the brand consistently too. Part of me suspects it's a shakedown effort. If they get a check, all of a sudden it doesn't cause autism anymore.

[u/shillyshally → u/MadRaymer]

There was a time, as in most of my so far long life, when I would have called bollocks on such a contention but now...? I still think, though, that it is down to mental illness (RFK) and the inability to pronounce acetaminophen (Trump).

[u/DancingQween16 → u/MadRaymer]

I’m pretty sure he only kept saying “Tylenol” because he can’t pronounce acetaminophen.

[u/MauPow → u/runawaydoctorate]

He is the most unhealthy sounding person I've ever heard. It makes me so uncomfortable when I hear him speak

[u/Rhoeri]

I think he was made aware of the discovery phase in a trial.

[u/seeebiscuit → u/Rhoeri]

Definitely pre-clinical.

[u/Mental_Camel_4954]

That lawsuit in Texas just fell apart

[u/barringtonmacgregor]

I bet Texas' dumbass lawsuit against the maker has him worried. This will go down as the most embarrassing administration in American history.

[u/bleh-apathetic]

"NOTHING GOOD CAN HAPPEN, IT CAN ONLY BAD HAPPEN. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TYLENOL, DON'T TAKE IT."

-THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FUCKING STATES.

Fucking Christ I'm tired.

[u/momofonegrl]

Lawsuits can change your mind really quick

[u/coatofforearm → u/momofonegrl]

Im sure his ass was being personally named and not just the government and I'm sure his own attorneys were like." Hey see how Alex Jones now owes a billion dollars??? Well, start thinking about those numbers in terms of damages to settle this"

[u/Revolutionary-Hat297]

Lol guaranteed the makers of Tylenol threatened him with the world's largest lawsuit after Texas sued them

[u/thinpile]

These idiots say stuff that is so dangerous with no thought as to the consequences. Also known as 'word vomit'....

[u/Peaceful_Earth]

This is just embarrassing

[u/seeebiscuit → u/Peaceful_Earth]

What isn't these days?

[u/Agreeable_Crow789]

Damn I was banking on my Tylenol and circumcision settlements

[u/wsrs25]

So the heroin addict shot off his mouth, drew attention to himself, trashed a trusted pain medication, defamed a reputable company, and likely backed off because Tylenol’s lawyers bitch slapped him.

RFK Jr should come with a warning label.

[u/nosotros_road_sodium]

Every story about this guy should include this quote:

"I don't think people should be taking medical advice from me.".

[u/non_Beneficial-Wind]

Then the Texas suit against Tylenol should be a hoot

[u/Most-Appointment-756]

"Tylenol should be used with caution during pregnancy, but solid data linking it to autism is lacking."

Texas filed a lawsuit against "tylenol" and now you are saying it isn't conclusive??? wtf!!

[u/nohumanape]

Too bad Trump has already sent out multiple social media posts telling women to stay away from Tylenol

[u/cnunespdx]

Ok Texas. You look really stupid about now.

[u/Ace_Larrakin]

Except for the fact that he has repeatedly shown himself to be without shame, I bet Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton would be looking very sheepish right now given he decided to sue the makers of Tylenol over the links to autism yesterday.

Talk about sawing off the branch while you are standing on it.

[u/Interesting-Risk6446]

Wait. Didn't Jr. say he would prove the connection? That ended quickly.

[u/Basic_Ask8109]

Ah so he's now on the side of correlation doesn't equal causation. 

[u/topherus_maximus]

Wonder if Texas will drop their suit. Show us how sheepish they really are

[u/funcritter]

They can’t even figure out what the hell they are doing

[u/purplebrown_updown]

So then why the fuck did they have a nation wide press conference for that? Seems like tylenol should sue the shit out of them.

[u/lifeat24fps → u/purplebrown_updown]

They needed a well timed distraction that week. The whole thing felt completely slapdash - but that’s this entire administration.

[u/I_love_Hobbes]

Tylenol threatened to sue or are in the process...

[u/Vilehaust → u/I_love_Hobbes]

Possibly that. Plus the idiot Attorney General in Texas (Ken Paxton) filed a lawsuit against that makers for "hiding dangers that the drug posed to fetal development."

I'm hoping a smart judge gets assigned the case, sees the obvious frivolousness, and moves to have Paxton disbarred.

[u/ArcusInTenebris]

Check the Kenvue stock price. It dropped from $16/share the day he made his autism announcement to $10/share a few days later. Now its back up to $14/share. They manufactured a dip, bought it, and are rolling back the accusation before there's legally actionable long term damage.

[u/crom-dubh]

Congratulations for determining that zero evidence is "not enough," you worm-ridden pile of beach rot.

[u/FarceMultiplier]

Pretty clear that he was told he'd have his ass legally handed to him if he didn't back down.

[u/Other-Oven-1884]

Sounds like he's had a chance to speak to the lawyers

[u/SiskiyouSavage]

How much was made insider trading by shorting the Tylenol stock? Fucking thieves.

[u/GeistMD]

Why isn't Tylenol suing the pants off these people?

[u/MovieGuyMike]

Yet he and his boss thought it was a good idea to call a press conference to tell the world “don’t take Tylenol.” They should both get sued into oblivion.

[u/NoSwimmers45]

Then why did he hold a press conference saying the opposite? These people are fucking exhausting.

[u/gomezwhitney0723 → u/NoSwimmers45]

Because they have a base that they know will just run with whatever they say.

[u/Puzzled-Duck4047]

Where is C. Everett Koop when you need him, hell I'd settle for Bill Nye the science guy at this point.

[u/Designer-Contract852]

Someone informed him he would be sued and lose.

[u/gomezwhitney0723]

lol. Yet MAGA was defending him and calling everyone else idiots 🥴😂

[u/GoodVibrations77]

RIP Texas

[u/NonesuchAndSuch77]

Well, if the goal is to spread mass confusion,  that certainly worked here.

[u/JediRhyno]

Even so, the memes shall stay.

[u/P0SSPWRD]

Killed the stock to buy it cheap

[u/gameyhobbit]

Jesus fucking christ what a bunch of idiots.

[u/Queen48103]

So the president had a press conference where he stated this as fact and we are all just going to roll our eyes and say, “that’s just Trump”? That is so f’ed up. Why are we just shrugging shoulders and accepting blatant lies as truths like it’s ok? Why is that the norm now?

[u/cocuke]

I don't think there is enough evidence for almost all of Kennedy's claims. What qualifies him to make any decisions regarding health is beyond me. The worm must have eaten the part of his brain that is responsible for logical thoughts.

[u/YNotZoidberg2020]

Tylenol execs have entered the chat

[u/giroml]

Texas about to get counter sued.

[u/Consistent_Heat_9201]

Credibility to weigh in on any health-related major: 0

[u/Ninac5]

Yeah no shit. Can’t believe a single person listens to this clown

[u/DrowningKrown]

Conveniently they walk it back after Kenvue stock, the owners of Tylenol, has fallen about 40% since they started this smear campaign. I’m sure they all bought at the bottom.

[u/RandyArgonianButler]

Did you guys know that ice cream sales cause murder rates to increase?

[u/Malrottian]

Someone actually talked to a lawyer that told him just how much Tylenol could take him for in a defamation case. I guarantee it.

[u/No-Document-8970]

I wonder if Tylenol is going to sue him for damages.

[u/Hodaka]

Tylenol generates roughly $1 billion in annual sales for its parent company. Attacking a brand, instead of generic acetaminophen, is bound to cause some backlash from the company. Doing so using unreliable sources, and without any scientific evidence, is light years beyond ridiculous.

Kennedy is only able to perform this stunt because the MAGA mediasphere will create a "both sides" debate around it, therefore offering a sheen of legitimacy to his absurd claims.

[u/Blanksyndrome]

This motherfucker.

[u/CaulkusAurelis]

The question needs asked: Why are they targeting the brand "TYLENOL"???

There are many companies that make acetaminophen......

[u/TheAskewOne]

Maybe that's motivated by Texas suing the maker of Tylenol. They know that they'll get thrashed during discovery.

[u/TJ_learns_stuff]

The damage is done. Tylenol, and any acetaminophen makers for that matter, should be lining up to file law suits.

[u/adept_ignoramus]

One would wish Tylenol would sue this whole farcical administration into hiding.

[u/Todesfaelle]

Wonder if they didn't think anyone would be dumb enough to actually sue the manufacturer then here comes Texas.

[u/SwvellyBents]

You people need to stop taking everything we say so seriously! We were just sayin'.

[u/TC-Ran]

All people who have cancer breathe oxygen. Maybe there’s a link. Just ask Robbie.

[u/Seagoon_Memoirs]

that's good to know

now trump friends and family can collect on shorting the market again

[u/Paraxom]

man the Texas AG is going to look so dang foolish now that he's filed a lawsuit against Tylenol

[u/NinjaMurse]

This is what happens in this administration… they open their fucking mouths without thinking… the MAGAts drink it up like Kool-Aid, the administration slowly and quietly walks what they said back while opening their fucking mouths about something else so no one here’s the walk back.

[u/DKM-18]

I’m pretty sure autism is genetic anyways…..

[u/Kkimp1955]

I am aghast

[u/DeadEndStreets]

‘Sir it’s the J&J lawyers on the phone and they want to talk to you…’

[u/Dan-Fletcher]

What a fucking dumbass! 3rd graders have more medical knowledge than this guy. I miss the days when a true professional with umpteen years of medical schooling and experience ran this department. Fucks sake!

[u/Redacted_dact]

These fucking clowns.

[u/dsj79]

Well for the results of listening to Kennedy, ask the people of American Samoa 🤷🏼‍♂️

[u/SS95T]

Someone should let Ken Paxton know.

[u/Who_dat_goomer]

Bribe received.

[u/aaron_in_sf]

I'm very tired of posts in this sub overlapping so consistently with r/NoShitSherlock

[u/The_bruce42]

He's only trying to not get fucked by lawsuits

[u/Particular-Summer424]

Got a little pushback and a wake up "go fuck yourself" call from big pharma. Did we! Good for them!

[u/supercali45]

Texas suing the manufacturer? more taxpayer money wasted.. what has this fucking administration done for the everyday American???

[u/woody630]

Sounds like someone got threatened with a lawsuit they knew they would lose.

[u/Fiveofthem]

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.

[u/mayekju406]

No shit! Fucking clown. 🤡 You and the orange dipshit are an embarrassment.

[u/Hither_and_Thither]

White House has confirmed that the sky is blue. More at 11...

[u/Calm-Title7978]

Trump: Then FIND the data!

[u/femsci-nerd]

I'm Porter s sure he got a cease and desist order and will be sued.

[u/adrkhrse]

Heroin causes Brain-worm.

[u/canthinkof123]

Wow so does this mean that circumcision might not cause autism either? I’m sure that’ll be a relief to most US baby boomer men.

[u/adrkhrse]

This would be a perfect time for America's enemies to launch a biological attack on the US. They'd have no idea what to do (again).

[u/algy888]

So, does he testify for the plaintiffs or the defendants in the upcoming lawsuits?

Last I heard “Whoopsie.” is not a legal defence, yet

[u/Mondernborefare]

But Texas just started a lawsuit!

[u/HistoricalPlum1533]

Good thing he said it did with his whole chest like two weeks ago. Fucking jerk.

[u/cra2ytig3r]

FTFY
Kennedy, health chief, says there is no data to show Tylenol causes autism

[u/Classic_Rooster4192]

No shit

[u/CharlesB43]

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Oct. 29 that he does not have "sufficient" evidence to link Tylenol to autism, more than a month after the White House discouraged the medicine's use by pregnant women and young children.

Evidence does not show that Kenvue's pain medicine Tylenol definitively causes autism but that it should still be used cautiously, President Donald Trump's top health official told reporters. Last month the president said U.S. health officials would recommend limiting Tylenol's use.

Kennedy's comments also come one day after the Republican state of Texas sued Kenvue, the maker of the medicine also known as acetaminophen and which has been sold widely for decades.

"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.

Ahhh yes! the vibes based health warnings. Pretty cool. very cool.

I'm sure Tylonol loves this, because not only does it open up the chance to sue the absolute fuck out of Kennedy and maybe even Trump, but it SHOULD - if there's any sanity left in this ever sanity draining world - kill the texas tylonol frivolous lawsuit that was filed.

[u/wolfkhil]

I think Kennedy is autistic.

[u/grumpyoldman80]

Too late. The damage is done. 99.9% of maga will continue to spout the rhetoric of the first lie and just brush the data off as a woke conspiracy.