Experts who later reviewed Kennedy’s remarks emphasized that correlation does not equal causation. Even the authors of the one small Danish study Kennedy referenced years ago warned that their research did not show circumcision causes autism — nor did it document whether the children studied ever received Tylenol at all.
As expected, the scientific community responded swiftly and powerfully. Within hours of Kennedy’s comments becoming public, medical associations, autism advocacy groups, and public health researchers issued statements correcting his claims.
They stressed that decades of extensive research had failed to demonstrate any evidence that circumcision or Tylenol use causes autism. Some were more direct, calling Kennedy’s assertions “dangerously misleading,” “anti-science,” and “harmful for families who rely on factual guidance.”Continue reading…
