PRESIDENT Donald Trump has claimed that taking Tylenol during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, despite trusted research saying the painkiller is safe.
He advised pregnant women to only take Tylenol, a household pain reliever also known as paracetamol, in the case of high fevers.
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watches President Donald Trump make an announcement at the White House on Monday[/caption]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump, and Dr. Mehmet Oz on Monday[/caption]
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he thinks Tylenol might cause autism (stock image)[/caption]
Trump announced his administration’s findings on autism in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon after previously saying the complex developmental disorder was “out of control” in America.
“Taking Tylenol is not good,” he said.
He said rather than taking a vaccine once, “like they’re pumping it into a horse,” children should instead take vaccines over five doses.
The president, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Mehmet Oz, said that the rise in autism in recent years has been “meteoric.”
“There’s never been anything like this,” Trump said.
He also demanded no mercury or aluminum in vaccines.
On Sunday, he teased on stage at Charlie Kirk’s funeral that he would make an “amazing” and “historic” announcement about autism the next day.
He told reporters he believes the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy is a “very big factor” in the increased risk of autism.
Studies showing a link between pregnant women taking Tylenol and autism have been inconclusive and unreliable.
Ahead of the announcement, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt urged Americans to have “open ears” and to “tone down the judgment.”
“I think women for many years have been confused by the rapid increase in autism,” Leavitt said, calling autism a “plague.”
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