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Doesn’t matter what studies say. The US is controlled by rumors and fake news now.
The only thing that matters to the people in charge is constant misinformation and distrust.
It actually helps their cause that there is a new study now - according to their disinformation machine this is just another “opinion” and proves their point.
The lie makes its way around the world before the truth has even put its shoes on. Lies are easy to make up. It takes ages to do studies and data reviews to gather evidence. It's sad that this needed to be done to counter bullshit. The MMR vaccine lies still won't go away after decades of disproving.
"One last thing," said Beatty. "At least once in his career, every fireman gets an itch. What do the books say, he wonders. Oh, to scratch that itch, eh? Well, Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. They're about nonexistent people, figments of imagination, if they're fiction. And if they're nonfiction, it's worse, one professor calling another an idiot, one philosopher screaming down another's gullet. All of them running about, putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun. You come away lost."
Captain Beattys all.
That guy was way too articulate for someone who's only read a handful of books.
Yeah, people have to understand that right-wing politics considers science merely a tool to accumulate wealth and power. Thus right-wingers will not acknowledge that science pursues scientific truth, but rather insist that science that contradicts them must be a challenge to their interests that aims to embolden their political opponents and thus must be expunged.
Cancer? Just slap some beef tallow on that bad boy and you'll be right as rain. See? Even Dr. Oz agrees!
It actually helps their cause that there is a new study now - according to their disinformation machine this is just another “opinion” and proves their point.
KGB manuals written decades ago in the Cold War outline this tactic for destabilizing nations and getting populations to stop holding their government accountable, it's the relatively simple process of just amplifying every argument, every side of every social issue, every scandal and every news story from the most extreme framing and to make sure you're turning even the most reasonable idea into two extreme sides screaming nonsense at each other.
And for average, poorly educated, incurious people, a scientific argument is as nonsensical as a rambling spiel about raw milk and essential oils. If you don't know how cells and chemistry work on even the most basic level, you have no framework to question if it makes sense putting red meat at the top of a new food pyramid. You just see arguments that you don't understand both for and against it.
Since most people now get curated, atomized perspectives of the world, they don't have a baseline to refer to for truth, so this effect has been distilled and enhanced with the internet and algorithms. Many people just read stories with competing, extremist language all day and tune the fuck out. They don't know who or what to trust anymore, because everyone is shrieking that everyone else is lying, so they default to just whatever their mainstream media reporters tell them and stop feeling involved or connected at all. This is how state-media takes over a nation and cements the rule of the manipulative ruling-class.
No shit.
No fucking shit.
Goddamn I hate this fucking regime
It never did, RFK just used his position to supercharge the myth and lower share prices long enough for Kimberly-Clark to acquire Kenvue.
Who has shares or ownership of Kimberly-Clark so that it helps RFK, Trump, or someone they know? And why didn't they shut up about the autism thing after Nov so that the stock price would increase?
In a sane world, you should be able to prosecute RFK for making or repeating lies. They would claim a defence that they were misinformed and not an expert in the field.
The precidence that needs to be set is that if you are appointed to a position of responsibility you are then automatically considered qualified in that field for the purpose of law.
Its either that, or break out the guillotines
It's a shame how the wretched US-regime has completely destroyed even such important organizations as the CDC. I recently talked about this with some old friends: All of them are specialists or senior physicians in hospitals in Switzerland, Germany, and Spain—and they all agreed: The CDC can no longer be taken seriously, as virtually all competent medical professionals have been dismissed. This is a huge loss that is costing many lives, and not just in the US.
And why all this? Just because of the blatant idiocy of this corrupt regime, which acts beyond all reason. Their actions are truly a crime against the whole world.
Don't bother me with facts, my mind's made up. --RFK,Jr.
And frankly, all of MAGA, about EVERYTHING.
Well duh.
(not against the post or research, just against people propagating the misinformation)
Did anyone believe it was ever linked to autism? I saw it as Trump buying a shitload of Tylenol shares and then doing his political dystopic dance to manipulate the stock market (yet again) and rake in more cash.
In your mind he bought Tylenol shares, then tanked the value of those shares, then profit? I think in this case what is more likely is because RFK claimed he would find the cause for autism they had to find a scape goat.
Kimberly-Clark acquired Tylenol's parent company (Kenvue) during its dip in value around November last year:
I was suspicious Kimberly-Clark could have some ownership that meant someone Trump knew got money. But I never saw that reported and Trump hasn't shut up.
So I think it is just they wanted an autism scapegoat politically like you say
I'm sure you are correct. I was being a bit flippant but two (or more) things can be right at the same time.
For sure they can. I'm sure there was some other way he could take advantage of it. Sounds like one of RFKs friends did.
Think about what the resources going into this distraction could have investigated instead of doing this.
At the very least I hope all the promotion coming from these republican clowns supporting the filthy supplement industry will lead to more rigorous critical scientific inquiry into the garbage snake oil insanity that this industry has become. It's no different than the unregulated advertising industry of the early 1900s where companies could say legally say their food products could cure illness and enhance performance.
They defunded promising cancer cure research for this.
They defunded all research in all diseases. In about 6 years, the pipelines will dry up and there will be no new drugs.
New study is the same as 20 older studies. Waste of time and money.
Meta-analyses are actually very important because they examine various studies and let us see whether their findings are consistent or not. It's not that rare when such analyses shatter popular beliefs. Science is strong and useful precisely because we have such things.
no shit. how many people actually believe RFK’s claim? It was so obviously planned from the beginning, giving a date ahead of time that we’ll know the “cause”. Then afterwards, the company that owns tylenol got acquired. It’s wildly obvious this was just used as a way to push a business deal of sorts
Studies? STUDIES?! WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING STUDIES!!
It was paid for by special interests or some shit
No shit, Sherlock!
You don’t say?
What about all the memes we made? Don't they count for anything?
They have really caused a bit of a headache, haven't they
Whatever money that went into this study could have been used on something less stupid.
It was already disproven the second it was claimed, by being made up with no credible data or research
:O
No shit
We know what is linked to autism. It's pollution. Fossil fuel exhaust is a big contributor. What does the Trump regime do? Promote fossil fuels. Kids and autism were never the concern.
This is also what the old studies said
Harmless painkiller doesn't cause autism as expected. Wow! It's a shame that this has to be news. Next week "Fruit consumed during pregnancy doesn't cause autism"
Tylenol is linked to liver damage. Happened to my friend.
Ya, no shit.
Yeah if you take a metric fuck ton of it.
If you take the recommended dose then you're fine
Actually not. If you take it continuously at suggested dosage, you will induce liver damage. It's not supposed to be taken beyond a couple of days and the dosage recommended on the label does not consider body mass.
Well, do not mix with alcohol either.