"The announcement, ostensibly intended to promote the unproven link between acetaminophen use and autism and outline what the administration was doing to investigate that and protect Americans, went far further as Trump irresponsibly offered medical advice and repeatedly and falsely suggested that Tylenol and vaccines were a primary cause of autism - despite the fact that those conclusions are not backed by science."
"What has to be said is that given this performance, given the unhinged behavior of Kennedy, given the president's total lack of knowledge about health and science, and given the sycophantic behavior of his top medical and science officials, one thing is clear: Americans cannot trust their government. The HHS, FDA, NIH, CDC and executive branch have collectively jumped the public health shark."
"We have seen in history ideology used to drive science to confirm the prejudices of dictators like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. We now have a regime that sees science as an enemy and public health as only fit for personal anecdotes and conspiracy. The Trump administration's approach to science policy is to hide or not collect crucial data, then leave medical care advice to ill-informed, fringe media influencers peddling goop, nostrums, elixirs, and potions."
The administration promoted an unproven link between acetaminophen use and autism and repeatedly suggested vaccines as a primary cause despite lack of scientific support. The president offered medical advice publicly and officials echoed fringe claims, undermining evidence-based health guidance. Multiple health agencies were described as politicized, with visa cancellations, grant cuts, research bans, data suppression, firings, and burial of peer-reviewed reports cited as harms to American science. The rhetoric framed science as an enemy and public health as susceptible to anecdotes and conspiracy. The result is a loss of public trust and heightened concern about politicized science policy.
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