"Barack Obama has said Donald Trump's claims linking paracetamol to autism in infants is violence against the truth that could harm pregnant women if they were too scared to take pain relief. Obama, who was being interviewed by David Olusoga at the O2 Arena, told the audience that Trump's claims about paracetamol branded as Tylenol in the US had been continuously disproved and posed a danger to public health."
"Obama was also critical of progressives who he said became complacent and smug in the 90s and 00s, posturing that we believe in all these values because they were never tested. Now they're being tested. The former president has generally kept a low profile after leaving office. But he has made increasingly frequent interventions as the political landscape in the US becomes more violent,"
Claims linking paracetamol (branded Tylenol) use during pregnancy to infant autism have been repeatedly disproved and pose a public-health risk by potentially deterring pregnant women from taking needed pain relief. A presidential warning advising women to consult doctors about limiting Tylenol use prompted criticism from UK health authorities urging women to ignore the advice. A broader political struggle contrasts a progressive vision favoring democratic change with a populist movement seeking a return to older, hierarchical norms. Progressive complacency in the 1990s and 2000s left values untested, while public interventions have increased amid rising political violence.
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