• PNW_Doug@lemmy.world
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    The was quite literally the playbook of Andrew Wakefield when he published the 1998 fraudulent paper in the Lancet that purported to link MMR vaccines to autism, kicking off our entire modern round of anti-vax nonsense.

    He stood to make millions selling test kits to people suddenly fearful of vaccination, IIRC. They’re all scum, seeking to rake in money on the very fears they’ve stoked.

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    Finally we are seeing real American healthcare. This was never about healing or helping people and this is the real reason why we make so much drugs.

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    Could have been worse, like realizing it’s genetic and issuing mandatory sterilizations to both the autistic people and their parents.

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    It is men taking power over women and deciding how they should be treated. What else to expect from a rapist?

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    Apparently someone of Kenvue Inc. (owner of the Tylenol brand) forgot to pay the bribe.

    Next week it will be some random product that Bayer makes that may or may not be linked to autism.

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    Ugh, and folinic acid is just a vitamin that can, in some cases and conditions, help with some language processing issues.

    Like it can help with apraxia. It’s not a cure for autism. Or anything.

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    And when these MAGA morons give their autistic kid “the cure” and it doesn’t work they’ll blame democrats for “tainting it” or some stupid bullshit idk I fucking hate it here

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    So are they going to ban Tylenol or what? Isn’t it one of the most common OTC painkillers?

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      I believe they say it’s only for the pregnant mothers taking it causing autism to their unborn babies.

      This perfectly fits into all MAGA’s Project 2025 tenants:

      • Women don’t matter and Women’s healthcare should be reduced and their bodies controlled
      • Don’t care about babies that have been born, just the unborn ones
      • Blame things without any evidence to enforce solutions that profit the companies who pay into the administration and people who have been appointed there.
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      Moving forward, the CDC will merely advise against pregnant mother’s taking acetaminophen. Dumb, but not the bog deal many are making it out to be. The antivax shit is 10,000 times worse.

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        The damage to trust in the US’ institutions and government is tremendous, and will not likely be repaired in our lifetimes.

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          Not in my lifetime. I’m middle-aged. We might have slid by with Trump 1.0, but having elected him again after the first nightmare administration? Nah, the US won’t be trusted for 50 years or more. And we won’t have the economy or soft power to project influence. It’s all over but the shouting.

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    Everyone knows we’re not coming back from this, right?

    Pandora’s Box is open. Cat is out of the bag. Genie is out of the bottle.

    Bury all these fucks 6 feet under and it’s still already too late. The institutions have been weakened. Brains have been rotted. Copycats will step up to fill the vacuum. Congress is still infected. It’s over.

    It’ll be like the end of Return of The King. It’ll take a while, but it’s still the ending.

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    Grifters are going to grift. Using the government to grift doesn’t surprise me.

    What hurts the most is how many people are so desperate that they are going to buy into some snake oil and not actually get any help.

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    I think this is based on poor understanding of genetics. A lot of neurodivergent people have mutations in a gene (MTHFR) that deals with processing folate, but that doesn’t mean they have reduced folate by itself. But, taking folic acid if you have decreased ability to process it can actually cause health problems. I’m not sure what the difference is for folinic acid, but this just all sounds very pharma-bro and unscientific to me

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      You should watch hbomber vid on vaccines and autism if you are prepared for a bit of rage. It’s def not based on any science or any poor understanding

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          All vaccine/ autism pseudoscience that saw prominence starting in the 90’s based on one fraudulent paper written by a guy who claimed to be a doctor but was just straight up abusing kids to back up his claims and to sell his own product which was just MMR vaccine delivered in three seperate shots. Product developed before fraudulent paper.

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            I’m aware of that. I am not sure why you told me to watch that video when I was trying to figure out why they chose folinic acid supplements specifically. Because folic acid and folinic acid can really make people with MTHFR deficiency sick, and for some it also worsens their autism symptoms.

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      I did an undergrad report on MTHFR in regards to how smoking reduces folate levels which can lead to birth defects in babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. Did not know about the neurodivergence connection! Might give that avenue a read

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    Fuck clipping health insurance CEOs and college-touring bigots, these are the ones…