Calley Means, a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called Monday’s federal announcement on the link between acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy and autism a “shockwave to the medical system,” praising President Donald Trump for challenging entrenched health orthodoxy.
Appearing on Newsmax, Means said the move — unveiled by Trump alongside Kennedy — signals “a real stake in the ground” against what he termed the medical industrial complex.
“At the highest level, what President Trump did today is really declare war on the medical industrial complex,” Means told “Greg Kelly Reports.” “There’s a dogma that autism and even conditions like type 2 diabetes and obesity are genetic conditions. They’re actually arguing obesity is genetic, too. There really is an allergic reaction to any discussion about external factors.”
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