“There’s two studies that show children who are circumcized early have double the rate of autism,” said Kennedy, adding: “It’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol.”
Not to be outdone, President Trump said during a Cabinet meeting: “Don’t take Tylenol if you’re pregnant and when the baby is born, don’t give it Tylenol.”
Experts derided the claim, saying the main study cited by proponents of this theory was strewn with errors and it was yet another example of Kennedy’s penchant for “pseudoscience”