Eh, it's not totally baseless. Hell, there's even a non-zero chance it's true. It's way too early to claim it as true though, since studies on the topic are few, have mixed conclusions and correlation is not causation. I refuse to give it any more credence than "not totally baseless" though.

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Here's everything I know about this whole thing:

There has been a lot of research into the subject but there's also been unreliable data that is being used to intentionally misrepresent what has been found (hence the correlative vs causal relationships).

So the current well agreed on science is:

All current fever reducing medications (and most other medications) are correlated with detectably increasing the chances of a child being born with autism, including Tylenol
Having a fever while pregnant is correlated with increasing the chances of a child being born with autism well beyond the level that Tylenol would pose
So, strategically using Tylenol would be the best way to mitigate all risks. Which is also what was the general recommendation was prior to this DoH announcement.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anti febriles in general are a bad idea. They poison the immune response for the sake of comfort. I never gave them to my kids.

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

That's probably okay for mild fevers but if they get progressively worse then you're risking them permanent brain damage.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's totally baseless... literally people have been described as autistic (not using that word) for hundreds of years.... Tylenol hasn't been around even for 100 years.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

There are many countries with more progressive medicine that avoid this drug and similar ones because of acute liver toxicity.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

Doesn't need to be a sole cause to be a cause. See cancer, where smoking causes lung cancer, but not all lung cancer is caused by smoking. But again, needs more study.