How many WTF moments do we need from our president before he loses support from 90% of Americans? Do people just not care? Or do they really believe the lies and crazy justifications? Or maybe they think it's worth the tradeoff?
I worry for our future. As it stands, it is looking to be very, very bleak.
"Tylenol, or acetaminophen, can cause liver damage if taken in excessive amounts, particularly over 4,000 mg in a 24-hour period. It is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, often due to accidental overdoses from multiple medications containing acetaminophen."
Doesn't sound super safe for kids who have small livers given the typical dose is 500mg to be honest.
Paracetamol/acetaminophen is a bit of an oddity in that it is very safe when used as directed, but the dangerous dose is uncomfortably close to the effective dose. However, it remains a very safe painkiller, _provided that it is used correctly_.
This falls into the endless list of "remember you voted for this".
With the ever present caveat that, no, clearly not everyone did, but he got more votes than anyone else.
And it's not like this is a surprise. He campaigned with RFK. Kennedy's views on vaccines are well known. Trumps ability to do "medical" was amply demonstrated in his first term.
This is exactly what he campaigned on, and exactly what voters were presumably hoping for. They looked at the options and said, "yeah, let's have some more of this".
Sorry for absolute tangential rant, but what the fuck is happening to our world. What is there actually to do besides quietly observe the insanity that is happening around? Prepare for things to get worse? Is there any other action that a normal citizen can take to actively make things better, besides the usual „go vote for X every Y years“?
> Medical experts urge caution over use of acetaminophen-based painkillers during pregnancy
> Ingredient found in hundreds of pain-relief drugs, including Tylenol, may impact fetal development
I think it’s more about allowing people the freedom to make their own medical decisions.
I got the covid vaccine and setup appointments for everyone in my family to get the vaccine and I think not getting the vaccine is crazy, but that doesn’t mean I support the government forcing every person to get the vaccine. However, I think it’s a bit frustrating that by not approving the vaccines for Covid it is a lot harder for people to get these vaccines.
Also, I think the idea that we have all this healthcare it’s super expensive yet people aren’t really getting healthier is a legitimate criticism of our system and that we do need a more holistic view on healthcare.
Autism, paracetamol, vaccines are celebrity and loaded medical words that they want to relate while there is no scientific correlation between them. These people are at least dangerous and cause deeply bad and guilt feelings to innumerous families.
> Here’s what I think is going to happen. The next ACIP meeting is scheduled for late October. A few days before the meeting, the agenda will be posted. MMR will be on the agenda. They will request that CDC scientists present on febrile seizures caused by MMR. The MMR has been administered to millions of kids since it came on the market in 1971, so the CDC scientists will have mountains of data to present. It won’t matter. The risk of febrile seizure is not zero, so the MMR will be recommended only for kids over aged 4, when the risk subsides.
> There is a way to reduce the risk of febrile seizure, by the way. Reducing fever prevents febrile seizures. You know how you safely reduce fever in babies? Tylenol. Which has now been designated by Trump and Kennedy’s entire HHS as the cause of autism, despite having no evidence to support that claim.
I doubt the administration is this devious or thinking as far ahead as she thinks. Her reasoning is ironically similar to Trump supporters, who rebrand every flub, fumble, and gaffe as some form of "5D chess" that normies just don't understand. But it's evident form the tariff policy that much what the administration does is just shot straight from the hip.
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[ 5.4 ms ] story [ 41.7 ms ] threadI worry for our future. As it stands, it is looking to be very, very bleak.
You know a claim about Trump is insanely wrong when Snopes debunks it.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-inject-bleach-covid-...
Doesn't sound super safe for kids who have small livers given the typical dose is 500mg to be honest.
Or don't give kids things that are meant for adults
The typical dose is not 500mg for small children. For instance see https://www2.hse.ie/medicines/paracetamol-for-children/how-a...
> If your baby is age 2 to 3 months, give them 2.5ml of [a specified] syrup. A 2.5ml dose contains 60mg of paracetamol.
And it's not like this is a surprise. He campaigned with RFK. Kennedy's views on vaccines are well known. Trumps ability to do "medical" was amply demonstrated in his first term.
This is exactly what he campaigned on, and exactly what voters were presumably hoping for. They looked at the options and said, "yeah, let's have some more of this".
Mar 7, 2017
https://x.com/tylenol/status/839196906702127106
> Medical experts urge caution over use of acetaminophen-based painkillers during pregnancy > Ingredient found in hundreds of pain-relief drugs, including Tylenol, may impact fetal development
Sep 23, 2021
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/acetaminophen-pregnancy-risks...
I got the covid vaccine and setup appointments for everyone in my family to get the vaccine and I think not getting the vaccine is crazy, but that doesn’t mean I support the government forcing every person to get the vaccine. However, I think it’s a bit frustrating that by not approving the vaccines for Covid it is a lot harder for people to get these vaccines.
Also, I think the idea that we have all this healthcare it’s super expensive yet people aren’t really getting healthier is a legitimate criticism of our system and that we do need a more holistic view on healthcare.
> There is a way to reduce the risk of febrile seizure, by the way. Reducing fever prevents febrile seizures. You know how you safely reduce fever in babies? Tylenol. Which has now been designated by Trump and Kennedy’s entire HHS as the cause of autism, despite having no evidence to support that claim.
I doubt the administration is this devious or thinking as far ahead as she thinks. Her reasoning is ironically similar to Trump supporters, who rebrand every flub, fumble, and gaffe as some form of "5D chess" that normies just don't understand. But it's evident form the tariff policy that much what the administration does is just shot straight from the hip.