Donald Trump assumed the function of obstetrician Sunday as he doled out bonkers medical recommendation for girls in a recycled Reality Social submit.
The 79-year-old president, who’s presently abroad in Malaysia, rattled off a listing of purported well being directives in an all-caps submit at 4:19 a.m. native time.
“Pregnant Girls, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON,” Trump wrote. “BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS [sic] B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT”
President Donald Trump posted medical suggestions on Reality Social which have additionally been amplified by Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. / Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos
Trump’s submit is a verbatim copy of 1 he made precisely a month in the past, save a hyperlink to an article by the right-wing Every day Caller web site titled, “FDA Stayed Silent As Inside Experiences About Potential Tylenol Dangers Piled Up,” which highlights his September announcement with Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blaming pregnant ladies’s Tylenol use for a rise in autism amongst younger youngsters.
Trump’s Tylenol claims have been instantly debunked by almost each main authorities and well being group. The American School of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says that the drug is among the solely protected ache relievers for pregnant ladies.
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In line with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Tylenol is protected for younger youngsters when taken accurately below the steering of a pediatrician, and that youngsters youthful than 12 weeks of age shouldn’t be given the treatment except instructed by a health care provider.
The commander-in-chief’s different well being suggestions within the Reality Social submit even contradict the CDC’s personal steering.
Whereas Trump, who has no background in medication, recommends giving the Hepatitis B vaccine to youngsters aged 12 and older, the CDC web site says “all infants at delivery” ought to get the shot.
Furthermore, the that means of Trump’s instruction to “TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS” is unclear; the Hepatitis B vaccine is a sequence of two or three photographs, in line with CDC.
Public well being consultants have additionally pushed again in opposition to Trump’s name to separate the mixture measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) into particular person photographs, arguing that it might not make the vaccine safer whereas making it much less probably for use.
President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. / Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos
Trump is not any stranger to dishing out doubtful medical recommendation, having as soon as instructed injecting disinfectant into the physique to deal with COVID-19 whereas serving as president through the pandemic in 2020.
However the overwhelming majority of Individuals are skeptical about his claims linking Tylenol to autism in newborns, in line with a KFF ballot. Simply 4 p.c of Individuals believed the declare was “positively true,” whereas 35 p.c mentioned it was “positively false.”