RFK Jr.'s Tylenol-Autism Claim: Spotting the Spin
Would 73 studies be enough to convince you something is true? Health Secretary RFK Jr. claims 73 studies link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism — but is that actually extraordinary evidence, or just a big number? In this episode of Spot the Spin, Chris breaks down Carl Sagan's famous standard — "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" — and applies it to the current Tylenol/acetaminophen-autism controversy, including the large Danish study RFK Jr. dismissed as "garbage." Learn how to tell the difference between correlation and causation, and why the quantity of evidence matters…
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