US EditionFarage criticised for failing to 'stand up to idol' Trump over autism claim
Nigel Farage declined to confirm Donald Trump's unproven claim linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism, despite widespread rejection from medical experts and regulators.
- Nigel Farage declined to condemn Donald Trump's claim linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism in a Wednesday LBC interview.
- This followed Trump's Oval Office statement suggesting a 'meteoric rise' in autism and implying Tylenol might be a trigger, which experts and regulators quickly rejected.
- Farage said he has 'no idea' and insisted that 'science is never settled,' refusing to side with medical professionals who warned making this link is dangerous.
- Health Secretary Wes Streeting branded Farage 'the snake oil salesman of British politics' with 'no backbone' and urged pregnant women to ignore Trump's claims.
- Liberal Democrat Helen Morgan and medical authorities including the MHRA and Dr Monique Botha confirmed there is no evidence linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism.
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North Wales MP slams Farage’s refusal to condemn 'fact-free' paracetamol claims
Llinos Medi, MP for Ynys Mon, said: “Nigel Farage’s refusal to correct Trump’s false claims linking paracetamol and autism is shameful."
Nigel Farage refuses to condemn Trump’s comments linking paracetamol with autism
Nigel Farage has refused to condemn comments made by Donald Trump which link the use of paracetamol in pregnancy to autism cases. On Monday, the US president suggested that the use of Tylenol, an American-branded version of paracetamol, during pregnancy is a potential cause of the “meteoric rise” in autism cases. He has also made similar claims that vaccines cause autism. Officials have been correcting Trump’s claims, including Health Secretary …
Why are autism rates increasing?
The UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, has told Brits to ignore what Donald Trump says about medicine after the US president claimed a link between taking paracetamol and autism.Speaking at the White House this week, flanked by his own vaccine-sceptic health and human services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump said use of the painkiller Tylenol – an American brand of paracetamol – by pregnant women led to a higher risk of autism in their ch…
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