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The entire medical community is doing their impression of Shaggy, i.e. "it wasn't me!" But there are thousands of suffering parents and children and this lack

The entire medical community is doing their impression of Shaggy, i.e. "it wasn't me!" But there are thousands of suffering parents and children and this lack of empathy really does nothing for no one. Another hand-wavy response I have heard is that given the new Autism Spectrum diagnosis, many more kids are now diagnosed with autism. That being said, none has even come up with a reasonably derived estimate saying that of the 5X increase in autism over the last 25 years, we can confidently say that nX of this is due to changing diagnosis standards. And if n is anything less than 5, the medical community has work to do in solving this problem and not passing the blame and accusing suffering parents of being crazy.

stefan_ 1y ago
So we do the tried and true solution of listening to the deranged quack?
- jmclnx 1y ago
  I do not usually side with huge corporations, but in this case I hope Tylenol drags that quack into court and make him prove the report. We all know he cannot prove anything, even if Tylenol loses, ensure they cost RFK jr lots of $ in defending himself.
  - alchemist1e9 1y ago
    Does RFK Jr have a track recording of winning his cases or losing them?
    - forgotoldacc 1y ago
      Whether he wins or loses is irrelevant. This administration has a track record of ignoring judgements they don't like and facing zero consequences.
      - alchemist1e9 1y ago
        His prior legal track record has no relevance to his current work?
        danaris 1y ago
        No, because, as forgotoldacc points out, Trump is going to just keep doing whatever he wants regardless, and he wasn't appointed based on actual expertise or prior success: he was appointed because he validates the biases of Trump's base.
        cwmoore 1y ago
        I’ll have an aspirin thank you. The main problem isn’t going to be solved.
- sgc 1y ago
  I almost can't even blame him he is so off the deep end. I still do of course, he should have the self-awareness to have never accepted and it is his massive ego that keeps him doing crazy, dangerous things. But whenever this mentally ill person does things that make the news, I never hear anybody blame the people who put him in that position, and leave him there despite the clearly harmful things he does every day. So shame and blame on everybody involved.
danaris 1y ago
Do they? Or is it, perhaps, possible that, if there is indeed a real increase in the rate of autism, it's because of something that has nothing to do with our modern pharmaceuticals? Could it perhaps be related to the increases in various kinds of air pollution? Water pollution? Pesticides or herbicides in our foods? Or even the dramatic increase in EM signals being broadcast everywhere? Until there are reputable studies that can actually show something resembling a causal link, getting angry at the medical community, pharmaceutical manufacturers, or vaccine makes for saying they are not responsible is pointless and counterproductive. So far as everyone knows, it really wasn't them. And while there may be some small subset of people "accusing suffering parents of being crazy", by and large that's also not something that's happening.
- op00to 1y ago
  There’s a marked increase in mental illnesses diagnosed. My parents were heavily depressed and anxious, but in their day it was taboo to seek help and admit such a diagnosis. We are so much more sophisticated today.
  - throw0101c 1y ago
    > There’s a marked increase in mental illnesses diagnosed. There was a marked increase in left-handedness once the 'stigma' of it was removed.
    - op00to 1y ago
      This sinister finding must be further investigated.
      - yencabulator 1y ago
        And righted?
        op00to 1y ago
        Certainly no stone left unturned.
rendall 1y ago
Literally everyone including everyone in "the medical community" would like to know the cause of autism.
elric 1y ago
> accusing suffering parents of being crazy What? Who is supposedly calling parents of autistic children "crazy"?
JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> this lack of empathy Like cutting funding for autism research [1] and kids with autism on Medicaid [2]? [1] https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/02/nih-autism-research-funding-down-26-under-trump-analysis-shows/31470/ https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/02/nih-autism-resear... [2] https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/09/05/nebraska-lawmakers-hear-how-state-cuts-to-medicaid-reimbursement-rates-affect-kids-with-autism/ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/09/05/nebraska-lawmakers-h...
dennis_jeeves2 1y ago
>lack of empathy True. Infact I'd go so far as to say the medical community causes many of the health problem. Speaking about empathy most people don't have it, not just the medical community. Even the victims will be victimizers at some point, it's very twisted situation. ( Btw, you have a very obvious pseudonym...)
dotnet00 1y ago
No one supporting this quack's actions and opinions has any right to claim that the people devoting their lives to understanding, managing and healing illnesses, are the ones lacking empathy and not the ones doing their best to make healthcare less accessible, discrediting and shutting down any research that doesn't support their biases and irresponsibly spreading misinformation.

stefan_ 1y ago

So we do the tried and true solution of listening to the deranged quack?

jmclnx 1y ago
I do not usually side with huge corporations, but in this case I hope Tylenol drags that quack into court and make him prove the report. We all know he cannot prove anything, even if Tylenol loses, ensure they cost RFK jr lots of $ in defending himself.
- alchemist1e9 1y ago
  Does RFK Jr have a track recording of winning his cases or losing them?
  - forgotoldacc 1y ago
    Whether he wins or loses is irrelevant. This administration has a track record of ignoring judgements they don't like and facing zero consequences.
    - alchemist1e9 1y ago
      His prior legal track record has no relevance to his current work?
      - danaris 1y ago
        No, because, as forgotoldacc points out, Trump is going to just keep doing whatever he wants regardless, and he wasn't appointed based on actual expertise or prior success: he was appointed because he validates the biases of Trump's base.
        cwmoore 1y ago
        I’ll have an aspirin thank you. The main problem isn’t going to be solved.
sgc 1y ago
I almost can't even blame him he is so off the deep end. I still do of course, he should have the self-awareness to have never accepted and it is his massive ego that keeps him doing crazy, dangerous things. But whenever this mentally ill person does things that make the news, I never hear anybody blame the people who put him in that position, and leave him there despite the clearly harmful things he does every day. So shame and blame on everybody involved.

danaris 1y ago

Do they? Or is it, perhaps, possible that, if there is indeed a real increase in the rate of autism, it's because of something that has nothing to do with our modern pharmaceuticals? Could it perhaps be related to the increases in various kinds of air pollution? Water pollution? Pesticides or herbicides in our foods? Or even the dramatic increase in EM signals being broadcast everywhere? Until there are reputable studies that can actually show something resembling a causal link, getting angry at the medical community, pharmaceutical manufacturers, or vaccine makes for saying they are not responsible is pointless and counterproductive. So far as everyone knows, it really wasn't them. And while there may be some small subset of people "accusing suffering parents of being crazy", by and large that's also not something that's happening.

op00to 1y ago
There’s a marked increase in mental illnesses diagnosed. My parents were heavily depressed and anxious, but in their day it was taboo to seek help and admit such a diagnosis. We are so much more sophisticated today.
- throw0101c 1y ago
  > There’s a marked increase in mental illnesses diagnosed. There was a marked increase in left-handedness once the 'stigma' of it was removed.
  - op00to 1y ago
    This sinister finding must be further investigated.
    - yencabulator 1y ago
      And righted?
      - op00to 1y ago
        Certainly no stone left unturned.

rendall 1y ago

Literally everyone including everyone in "the medical community" would like to know the cause of autism.

elric 1y ago

> accusing suffering parents of being crazy What? Who is supposedly calling parents of autistic children "crazy"?

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

> this lack of empathy Like cutting funding for autism research [1] and kids with autism on Medicaid [2]? [1] https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/02/nih-autism-research-funding-down-26-under-trump-analysis-shows/31470/ https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/06/02/nih-autism-resear... [2] https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/09/05/nebraska-lawmakers-hear-how-state-cuts-to-medicaid-reimbursement-rates-affect-kids-with-autism/ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/09/05/nebraska-lawmakers-h...

dennis_jeeves2 1y ago

>lack of empathy True. Infact I'd go so far as to say the medical community causes many of the health problem. Speaking about empathy most people don't have it, not just the medical community. Even the victims will be victimizers at some point, it's very twisted situation. ( Btw, you have a very obvious pseudonym...)

dotnet00 1y ago

No one supporting this quack's actions and opinions has any right to claim that the people devoting their lives to understanding, managing and healing illnesses, are the ones lacking empathy and not the ones doing their best to make healthcare less accessible, discrediting and shutting down any research that doesn't support their biases and irresponsibly spreading misinformation.