Fact-checking Trump's claims of a link between Tylenol and autism
Donald Trump made sweeping statements urging Americans not to use the over-the-counter painkiller Acetaminophen during pregnancy, saying it had links to autism. But he provided little scientific evidence to back this up. He also made sweeping statements about there being "virtually no autism" amongst the Amish or in Cuba. Most dangerously, he also repeated disproved claims about vaccines causing autism. Vedika Bahl fact-checks these claims in Truth or Fake.
Donald Trump made sweeping statements urging Americans not to use the over-the-counter painkiller Acetaminophen during pregnancy, saying it had links to autism. But he provided little scientific evidence to back this up. He also made sweeping statements about there being "virtually no autism" amongst the Amish or in Cuba. Most dangerously, he also repeated disproved claims about vaccines causing autism. Vedika Bahl fact-checks these claims in Truth or Fake.
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