Autism and good sense

[davidgillon]

 “I’ve just got to be really clear about this: there is no evidence to link the use of paracetamol by pregnant women to autism in their children. None.

In fact a major study was done back in 2024 in Sweden, involving 2.4 million children, and it did not uphold those claims. So I would just say to people watching: don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact, don’t even take my word for it as a politician. Listen to British doctors, British scientists, the NHS."

I don't always agree 100% with Wes Streeting, our Health Secretary, but he nailed it this time.

Comments

[sovay]

So I would just say to people watching: don’t pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact, don’t even take my word for it as a politician. Listen to British doctors, British scientists, the NHS.

In general don't pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about anything, but I am glad to see this so forcefully stated.

[lokifan]

I despise Streeting (and am pre-emptively disgusted that I suspect he'll be our first openly LGBTQ+ Prime Minister) but yep, that was a good one.