All I know is that I just turned 65 and autism wasn't a thing when I was young. To the best of my recollection I got two vaccines back in the 60's, polio and chicken pox.
Kids today get about 70 starting when they're infants.
There was an autistic kid in my small Catholic elementary school. I don't think he was called "autistic", everyone just considered him mentally retarded (which was an acceptable term back then). But in hindsight he was definitely severely autistic. Not to mention, there are a bazillion kids in my kids' generation that are being diagnosed as autistic...totally functional, even high achieving, just a little quirky or socially awkward. Everyone who's not a social butterfly is "on the spectrum" now.
If Tylenol increases the risk even marginally, and it appears some studies show that it may, as a pregnant woman I'd like to know that. Many women take it not just for fevers but random aches and pains that they would gladly just deal with if they knew Tylenol might harm their baby in any way. It certainly isn't some groundbreaking thing, lots of things might increase the risk of autism. But I'd want to know nonetheless. The largest risk factor for autism is genetics. It's likely a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
The rest of his gobbledygook on vaccines, I just laughed out loud at. Even RFK sounds like a genius on them next to Trump on this issue, although he's completely wrong. Where is the actual science? There is literally no research that shows spreading out vaccines makes any difference in adverse events. There is no research linking vaccines to autism, despite it being widely and broadly studied. It's probably the single most studied potential cause of autism and no legitimate study has ever shown a link. Yet he and RFK continue to push this nonsense. "All that liquid"...it's a few milliliters at a time at most. . The man will just talk out of his *** with no shame. It's embarrassing, especially on this issue.
The Amish thing is BS, there is autism in the Amish, I lived in Lancaster I can tell you a large chunk of Amish families you run across have a disabled kid, they probably aren't diagnosed as autistic because they tend to rely on home remedies and don't go to doctors as much. Certainly not for being "on the spectrum".
They never talk about the reason so many vaccines are given to babies. It's not some conspiracy to kill them, it's because many vaccine preventable illnesses are riskier for babies than they are for older children and adults.
90% of babies exposed to HepB will develop chronic HepB. a lifelong medical condition that they can then spread to other people. HepB tests on pregnant women have up to a 10% false negative rate. That is why the vaccine is routinely given at birth. Numerous childhood illnesses have a higher risk of death in babies than in older kids. This isn't a joke. Babies will become seriously ill and die because of this misinformation campaign. I guess that's what it's going to take for this dumb anti-vax movement to end, which is sad.
