Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted on Thursday that the studies he’s cited to justify his baseless and dangerous claims about Tylenol use and autism are “not proof” to back the Trump administration’s guidance — but added that officials are working to retroactively “make the proof.”
During a meeting of President Donald Trump’s cabinet , RFK Jr. listed a few studies that he argued show that autism is linked to Tylenol use during pregnancy, but said they aren’t evidence of his claims.
“This is not dispositive, this is not proof. We are doing the studies to make the proof,” he said.
This remark is further evidence that, as experts have warned , the Trump administration is seeking to effectively dismantle the scientific method in both research and decision making and repla