President Trump 2.0

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

Okay, if he ever had it, which I sincerely doubt, he's lost it. He's blaming Tylenol (paracetamol in the UK) for the rapid rise in autism - without supporting evidence (there is evidence which shows the opposite).

Be fair, Dr Trump did find the cure for covid, drinking a bottle of bleach. If only he'd followed his own advice..

[1andrew1]

Anyone think that Trump's pandering to the whims of his crazy health secretary might just be an attempt to distract the public from the Epstein story and his failure to bring peace to Ukraine and elsewhere?

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

Okay, if he ever had it, which I sincerely doubt, he's lost it. He's blaming Tylenol (paracetamol in the UK) for the rapid rise in autism - without supporting evidence (there is evidence which shows the opposite). About the only true thing he's said is that there's a 'horrible, horrible crisis' with autism, which admittedly there is.

Let's flag down a cab and head for Real Street, which Republicans aren't familiar with (they can't be, else how did he get in?). Tylenol has been used for decades - surely someone would've spotted it earlier.

However, the untrusting cynic in me is doing a Vimes and saying 'follow the money'. Does he have an alternative...and does it cost more? Does he have a link with big pharma?

There is one problem with them trying to blame paracetamol for Autism and that is paracetamol went on sale around 1956 and the first medical report on Autism as far as I can tell was written in 1943

It is clearly down to genetics and I do not think there has been a massive rise in it. We have just gotten more aware and better at diagnosing it. As even those pretty low on the spectrum are now getting diagnosed.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Anyone think that Trump's pandering to the whims of his crazy health secretary might just be an attempt to distract the public from the Epstein story and his failure to bring peace to Ukraine and elsewhere?

Partly, perhaps, but there is a very real sense in which Trump usually just burbles on about the last thing someone whispers in his ear. He can’t hold on to a train of thought for any length of time. RFK probably just got some face-to-face time with him since he got back from Windsor Castle.

[papa smurf]

Are they banning Tylenol or just bad mouthing it ?

Warning people not to take it unless ‘medically necessary’.

Which to me sounds like ‘as you were’.

Nobody could accuse them of thinking anything through, could they …

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Chris

Warning people not to take it unless ‘medically necessary’.

Which to me sounds like ‘as you were’.

Nobody could accuse them of thinking anything through, could they …

surely this could end up in the courts Tylenol sales must be in the $billions

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

surely this could end up in the courts Tylenol sales must be in the $billions

In the US it's branded and owned by one company so in theory, they have a strong interest to challenge Trump and his nuttier side-kick Robert F Kennedy Jr. (Does that mean junior IQ?)
However, the warning is so light it's probably better if the drug company ignores it and lets it blow over.

It's just a brand name for Paracetamol, isn't it? Weird how the entire discussion seems based around the brand name.

[Stephen]

I think in America you can only get paracetamol as its brand name of Tylenol. Where as here there are many versions and its sold as paracetamol under made brands.

Originally Posted by Damien

It's just a brand name for Paracetamol, isn't it? Weird how the entire discussion seems based around the brand name.

Either it’s like talking about hoovers, portakabins and roller blades in the UK (trademarks that have entered into common speech) or else they’re taking a calculated swipe at the Tylenol trademark owner.

Paracetamol is available as a generic drug in the US. Its regulated name, spelled in US English, is acetaminofen.

I don’t know whether the TM owner is crafting a sternly-worded complaint to send to the White House, but when I was a reporter we used to get legal letters every time we accidentally used trademarks instead of generic names. We had a list of ones we weren’t meant to use, including some surprising ones (“tannoy system” springs to mind as a less-well-known one). The owner of the ‘roller blade’ trademark was our most frequent correspondent because ‘in-line skates’ were all the rage in the 90s when I was writing for the papers and hooligans buzzing pedestrians was one of our staple stories.

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Damien

It's just a brand name for Paracetamol, isn't it? Weird how the entire discussion seems based around the brand name.

just pulled this from the web

Paracetamol is known as acetaminophen in the USA. Acetaminophen relieves mild-to-moderate pain, headache and fever. It is available as brand names such as Tylenol, Mapap or Panadol, and also as generics and store-specific brands


sounds like a campaign against one company

Originally Posted by papa smurf

just pulled this from the web

Paracetamol is known as acetaminophen in the USA. Acetaminophen relieves mild-to-moderate pain, headache and fever. It is available as brand names such as Tylenol, Mapap or Panadol, and also as generics and store-specific brands


sounds like a campaign against one company

Hanlon's razor

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

[papa smurf]

on the up side if you can pronounce amimaninafiminol you're doing better than the Donut er the Donald

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

on the up side if you can pronounce amimaninafiminol you're doing better than the Donut er the Donald

Yeah, why would anyone listen to him when he can't even pronounce it

As for a worn eating half my brain RFK I'd rather not take advice from a 20 year smack head if you don't mind, that poor worm, it ate half his brain and ended up stupider after dinner