{"id":9220,"date":"2025-10-10T15:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=9220"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:58:41","slug":"rfk-jr-claims-circumcised-boys-are-more-likely-to-be-autistic-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=9220","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr claims circumcised boys are more likely to be autistic \u2013 here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"179\"><strong data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"177\">Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back in the spotlight \u2014 and not for good reason.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"417\">In a recent Cabinet meeting with Donald Trump, Kennedy repeated his long-debunked claim that Tylenol use during pregnancy might be linked to autism. Despite acknowledging there\u2019s no proof, he doubled down and added new bizarre theories.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"753\">Just weeks earlier, Kennedy and Trump hinted at a \u201cmajor\u201d finding, blaming common painkillers for autism in babies \u2014 a claim experts say is completely unfounded. Scientists and the medical community quickly shut it down, with Tylenol\u2019s manufacturer and the National Autistic Society calling the claims \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cirresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"755\" data-end=\"992\">During the meeting, Kennedy made a glaring anatomical error, referencing a TikTok woman \u201cgobbling Tylenol with a baby in her placenta\u201d \u2014 confusing the placenta with the uterus. He also blamed the behavior on \u201cTrump derangement syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"994\" data-end=\"1160\">Kennedy further revived another debunked theory linking infant circumcision and autism, citing a 2015 Danish study that never proved any link to Tylenol or causation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1324\">Critics \u2014 including Barack Obama \u2014 say Kennedy\u2019s fringe theories threaten public health, especially given his official role, which risks lending them credibility.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=newsner&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1976341888203669709&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Frfk-jr-claims-circumcised-boys-are-more-likely-to-be-autistic%2F&amp;sessionId=15eb737c3b3f9ffb2b6eb0519318512d2157968e&amp;siteScreenName=newsner&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1976341888203669709\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back in the spotlight \u2014 and not for good reason. In a recent Cabinet meeting with Donald Trump, Kennedy repeated his long-debunked claim that Tylenol use during pregnancy might be linked to autism. Despite acknowledging there\u2019s no proof, he doubled down and added new bizarre theories. 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