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A pharmaceutical company formerly owned by Johnson & Johnson is reportedly sorely regretting missing their latest ‘protection money’ payments to the Trump administration, after US President Donald Trump today announced a supposed link between Tylenol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy, and autism.

Despite numerous studies disputing such a connection, Trump has gone on record saying, “They are strongly recommending that women limit Tylenol use during pregnancy unless medically necessary,” effectively advising pregnant women to avoid Tylenol at all costs. [...]

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago

this is one of the most "The Onion is just news now" i've seen

[–] Cassanderer@thelemmy.club 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is not satire so much, the admin is taking under the table payments from everyone. Too bad everyone is so cowed or we could expose it, layers of shell corps by prez's greasy lawyer fixers.

We have a mobster prez, which is not good or cool despite the dumbass movies you might have seen. Organized crime makes things more expensive and less useful, they are purely parasitical, outside of providing black market needs.

Prez is also blackmailing, lifelong but his prez terms supercharged his collections and ability to make the exposed dirt to get infected as prez so to speak. Israel and russia are blackmailing our polits too. This is why you do not elect cynical crooks to office.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Israel, in the form of AIPAC, is openly manipulating our politicians.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't even need to look to know their stock is tanking. I don't need an article, even an Onion article, to know that some in Congress are getting richer off of this right now.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

About 1% down over the past day, up over 20% for the year.

Only ones getting rich off of this are those who shorted and those with enough money to make gains off small changes. So about business as usual tbh.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Please help me here. Why do they single out Tylenol, not the components?

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think it's just a genericized brand name thing (tissue = kleenex etc)

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That makes sense, while at the same time being somewhat worse.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

It's even funnier than that. It's because Trump can't pronounce acetaminophen

[–] Cassanderer@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 week ago

That is not satire so much, the admin is taking under the table payments from everyone. Too bad everyone is so cowed or we could expose it, layers of shell corps by prez's greasy lawyer fixers.

We have a mobster prez, which is not good or cool despite the dumbass movies you might have seen. Organized crime makes things more expensive and less useful, they are purely parasitical, outside of providing black market needs.

Prez is also blackmailing, lifelong but his prez terms supercharged his collections and ability to make the exposed dirt to get infected as prez so to speak. Israel and russia are blackmailing our polits too. This is why you do not elect cynical crooks to office.