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This was studied because it sounds reasonable on paper and several small studies showed a small link. However, they did a very large cohort study with hundreds
by mapontosevenths 10mo ago
This was studied because it sounds reasonable on paper and several small studies showed a small link.
However, they did a very large cohort study with hundreds of thousands of subjects. The link completely disappears when genetics are accounted for via sibling pairs.[0]
It took almost two whole minutes of Googling for me to disprove this nonsense. Which shows that RFK did less than 2 minutes worth of research before panicking the world.
[0] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2817406
- api 10mo agoBut did you check the vibes?
- mapontosevenths 10mo agoI did, but I'm on the spectrum so I failed the vibe check. ;)
- SubiculumCode 10mo agoI will say that this study presented a major challenge to the tylenol hypothesis. To my mind, there is still a remote possibility that the tylenol hypotehsis might just be relevant to a smaller subset of autistic individuals...but I am coming from the general outlook of believing autism needs to be subtyped when looking at etiology.
- mapontosevenths 10mo agoPersonally, I very much agree. I feel that while the idea of a spectrum wasn't a mistake, it was only a start.