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Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims (www.texastribune.org)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, accusing the pharmaceutical company of failing to warn consumers about the risk of taking Tylenol while pregnant.

This lawsuit, the first of its kind from a state government, comes a month after President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism. The announcement set off a wave of controversy in the health care community, and confusion among pregnant women unsure how they should manage fever and pain during pregnancy.

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[–] sircac@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I got a feeling of recognising a potential Eco's ur-fascism element here, since probably the people that fuel these conspiracy theories have a different idea of what autism really is given their obsesion with this particular issue: someone that behaves not like us or incapable of blend in as we consider the standard society... also probably those pharmaceutical companies do not fund those politicians

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

We're well beyond Eco's idea of Ur-fascism (AKA nascent fascism). Shit ain't nascent anymore.

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I agree, I mostly realised of the link/source of the obsession with these conspiracy synergies

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

More distractions....

[–] kljafgg9r0@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So many supposed leftists triggered that a big pharma corporation is being sued. Pathetic.

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[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 225 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Are fucking insane? How on earth do they expect to actually win this lawsuit?

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 187 points 1 week ago (9 children)

They don't. It's part flood the zone, part pandering to certain voters. Look what we do for you! A blue state wouldn't fight for your health like this!

Nothing will come of it but it's a positive distraction from the extraction of wealth that is currently happening.

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