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Republican senators who voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services appear to be surprised by his sudden public comments About the relationship between acetaminophen, autism, and circumcision,
During a Cabinet meeting Thursday, Kennedy, a longtime supporter of the unfounded theory that vaccines cause autism, talked about the causes of autism.
Specifically, he talked about how he watched a TikTok video of a pregnant woman “swallowing Tylenol.” Kennedy said the woman took Tylenol “with a baby in her placenta,” even though the fetus was developing in the uterus. Additionally, Kennedy said newborn boys who are circumcised have twice the rate of autism.
But Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who voted for Kennedy’s confirmation in both the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and on the Senate floor, expressed confusion.
“This is new,” he said Independent After laughing.
“I want doctors to be doctors,” he said. “I want scientists to be scientists. Only if there is scientific evidence to be found. There is no interest in the personal opinion of any non-practicing physician or scientist.”
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) also appeared confused when asked about it. Despite his objections to Kennedy’s views, Murkowski voted to send Kennedy’s nomination out of committee and to the Senate floor.
“Now you’re giving me new news with your second question, so I haven’t seen that yet,” Murkowski pointed out. Independent,
“Okay, Tylenol, my question is[s]And I said so,” he said. “What you just referenced, regarding circumcision, is all new to me, so I think I’m going to read what you guys reported.”
Independent Aid contacted Senator Bill Cassidy, the chairman of the committee and a physician, who voted to confirm Kennedy despite his objections to Kennedy’s views on autism.
Trump and Kennedy have said they want to address the root causes of the “autism epidemic”. Over the past 35 years, the number of autism diagnoses has increased, but most studies – including studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – attribute the increase in diagnoses specifically to girls, low-income children, black children, and other ethnic minority groups.
Last month, Trump and Kennedy They said they found an association between mothers who took acetaminophenScientific name of Tylenol, during pregnancy and autism. But they did not declare any definitive link between taking over-the-counter medications, which mothers often take for fever and pain during pregnancy, and autism.
It appears that many Americans do not believe the claims of Trump and Kennedy. A Got poll from KFF Only four percent of Americans believed its claims about Tylenol and autism were definitely true, while 30 percent said it was probably false and 35 percent said it was definitely false.
But Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), a member of the Assistance Committee and a fierce critic of Kennedy, said Kennedy’s bizarre and baseless claims are no laughing matter.
“We’re talking about whether parents can trust the information provided by the Secretary of Health and Human Services,” he said. “It’s really not funny. This whole thing is dangerous. People are going to get sick and die based on this. And I think that’s terrible.”
Since Kennedy took over the department, he has come under criticism for a number of decisions, such as firing every member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The panel also recommended Combined vaccine against measles and chickenpox for young children,
last month, Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Assistance Committee After Kennedy removed him from his position as CDC director. Kennedy has received criticism Even from Republican senators for his actions,