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Why is RFK JR so obsessed with autism? (hexbear.net)
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Why is this 70 year old guy so obsessed with something he knows nothing about? Why name Tylenol the "cause" of autism when he obviously wants to say its vaccines?

I get that the underlying goal of MAHA is eugenics, but I just don't get why or this angle. I haven't come across much really talking about it. Everything is focused on the fact that its obviously ridiculous that Tylenol (or anything) causes autism, but what is the obession with finding this nonexistent cause?

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Who profits off of attacking Tylenol? What company produces their treatment? Etc...

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I read that the company behind Tylenol is on the smaller side. So the theory is that going after them provides RFK with a Big Pharma boogie man to attack without threatening most of the industry. And like your saying, the rest of the industry can profit off of it. So its nice show to put on for the cranks without hurting the ruling class

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's worth pointing out that it's Johnson & Johnson specifically (the first manufacturer of a non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in the US, IIRC) and that plenty of acetominophen (also called paracetamol outside the US) generics are on the market

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People/funds who short that company