Trump, 79, Posts Deranged Medical Advice at 4am
Donald Trump took on the role of obstetrician as he frantically dispensed medical advice to women in a recycled Truth Social post on Sunday.
The 79-year-old president, who is currently abroad in Malaysia, listed a list of purported health directives in an all-caps post at 4:19 a.m. local time.
“Pregnant Women, DO NOT USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, ACTUALLY DO NOT GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR SMALL CHILD FOR ANY REASON,” Trump wrote. “TAKE THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE COMPLETELY SEPARATE PIECES (NOT MIXED!), TAKE THE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE THE HEPATITA [sic] B WAS VACCINATED AT 12 YEARS OLD OR OLDER AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WAS VACCINATED IN 5 SEPARATE EXAMS! President DJT”
President Donald Trump meets Surgeon General Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Truth Social. / Issued medical advice backed by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Trump’s article is a exact copy Save a link to a right-wing article he made exactly a month ago Daily Caller The website, titled “FDA Remained Silent as Internal Reports Piled Up About Potential Tylenol Risks,” highlights Surgeon General Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s September announcement that he blamed Tylenol use by pregnant women for a rise in autism among young children.
Trump’s Tylenol claims were immediately debunked by nearly every major government and health organization. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says the drug is one of the only safe painkillers for pregnant women.
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according to American Academy of PediatricsHe said Tylenol is safe for young children when taken correctly under the guidance of a pediatrician, and that children under 12 weeks of age should not be given the medication unless directed by a doctor.
Other health advice in the commander-in-chief’s Truth Social post even contradicts the CDC’s own guidance.
Trump, who has no medical background, recommends that Hepatitis B vaccine be given to children aged 12 and over. CDC website He says “all babies born” should be vaccinated.
Moreover, the meaning of Trump’s instruction “GIVE THE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE EXAMINATIONS” is also unclear; According to the CDC, the Hepatitis B vaccine is a series of two or three shots.
Public health experts also pushed back He opposed Trump’s call to separate the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) into individual doses, arguing that this would not make the vaccine safer and would also make it less likely to be used.
President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. /Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Trump is no stranger to giving questionable medical advice; recommended Injecting disinfectant into the body to treat COVID-19 while serving as president during the pandemic in 2020.
But the majority of Americans are skeptical of claims linking Tylenol to autism in newborns. KFF survey. Only 4 percent of Americans believed the claim was “definitely true,” while 35 percent said it was “definitely false.”
