• Kairos@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    The study is fine. But its ethos is literally just correlation. The abstract:

    Acetaminophen is the most commonly used over-the-counter pain and fever medication taken during pregnancy, with > 50% of pregnant women using acetaminophen worldwide. Numerous well-designed studies have indicated that pregnant mothers exposed to acetaminophen have children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), at higher rates than children of pregnant mothers who were not exposed to acetaminophen.

    This has zero cause effect relationship. Its literally the same issue with the vaccine correlation: medical care access.