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Trump ‍Offers ⁢Unproven Medical Advice, Revives Autism-Vaccine ⁤Link Claims

WASHINGTON‍ – President donald Trump isn’t a⁣ doctor. But⁣ he⁢ played one on TV Monday, offering copious amounts of unproven medical advice that he suggested – often without providing evidence – might help reduce autism rates.

Trump repeatedly implored pregnant ‍women to ⁢avoid⁤ taking Tylenol, the bestselling‍ form of acetaminophen.That’s despite the American college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists long recommending acetaminophen as a safe option⁤ during ⁤pregnancy. He even weighed in on when children shoudl be ⁣given painkillers.

Speaking alongside Health and ⁢Human services Secretary robert F. Kennedy jr., himself a vaccine skeptic, trump stopped short of opposing all vaccines. But he‍ said key immunizations should be delayed, or combination shots should be given separately -⁤ even though ‍it has ⁢been proven ⁢that vaccines have no‍ link to⁣ autism.

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“Don’t let them⁣ pump your ⁤baby up with the ⁣largest pile of⁢ stuff you’ve ever seen in your life,” he said.

Trump also wildly overstated how such shots – some of which ⁤protect against four‍ diseases⁢ – are given.

“I think it’s very bad. They’re pumping, it looks like they’re pumping into ⁣a horse,” Trump said. “You have a little child. A little fragile⁤ child. And you’ve got⁢ a vat of 80 ⁣different vaccines,⁣ I guess, 80 different blends, and they pump it in.”

Dr. ⁤Trump redux

The‍ presentation recalled the early days of the coronavirus pandemic during Trump’s first ⁢term,⁢ when the president‍ stood⁢ for daily White House briefings and tossed out ⁣grossly inaccurate claims – including famously suggesting that injecting disinfectants could help people.

“I see the⁣ disinfectant that knocks ⁣it out in a minute, one minute. And is there ⁤a way we can do something like that by‍ injection inside, or almost a cleaning?” Trump asked in April 2020.”As you ⁣see,it gets in ‍the lungs,it does a ⁣tremendous number on the lungs,so it would be captivating ‍to check that.”

He later claimed he’d been joking, but those briefings soon ⁢stopped. His tone stayed serious ⁣Monday.

The president suggested unspecified problems⁣ with the the safe⁢ and effective MMR – measles,‍ mumps and rubella – vaccine and advised parents to wait ⁢years ⁢later than now, until age 12, for⁢ hepatitis B vaccines to be given to children.

The theme he hit harder than any other, though, was declaring a supposed link between⁢ autism and acetaminophen, which is⁣ known in most countries outside the U.S. as paracetamol. Trump repeated, ⁢”Don’t take Tylenol,” with increasing emphasis.