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<blockquote data-quote="RobGMN" data-source="post: 8910148" data-attributes="member: 683408"><p><em>“There’s two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol,”</em> - RFK Jr.</p><p></p><p>Neither of the two studies that he is likely referencing indicate what painkillers (if any) were given to the patients.</p><p></p><p><em>"Kennedy was probably referring to <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3673819/" target="_blank">a 2013 study</a> of eight countries and <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0141076814565942" target="_blank">a 2015 study</a> from Denmark, both of which claimed to show a link between circumcision and <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reason-autism-rates-are-rising/" target="_blank">autism rates</a>. Helen Tager-Flusberg, an autism researcher and a professor emerita at Boston University, calls the methods used in those studies “appalling.” Tager-Flusberg leads the Coalition of Autism Scientists, a group that advocates for high-quality autism research.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Neither study shows a causal link between circumcision—or the pain relief medications that are often prescribed along with the procedure—and higher rates of autism. In the decade-plus since each was published, autism researchers have <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0141076815590404" target="_blank">heavily criticized</a> these studies. And after reviewing both studies, scientists last year found <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jebm.12482" target="_blank">no evidence supporting the claim that circumcision leads to autism</a> or any other adverse psychological effects."</em></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-cites-truly-appalling-studies-to-tie-autism-to-circumcision-and/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Is that more "fair" to RFK?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RobGMN, post: 8910148, member: 683408"] [I]“There’s two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol,”[/I] - RFK Jr. Neither of the two studies that he is likely referencing indicate what painkillers (if any) were given to the patients. [I]"Kennedy was probably referring to [URL='https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3673819/']a 2013 study[/URL] of eight countries and [URL='https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0141076814565942']a 2015 study[/URL] from Denmark, both of which claimed to show a link between circumcision and [URL='https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reason-autism-rates-are-rising/']autism rates[/URL]. Helen Tager-Flusberg, an autism researcher and a professor emerita at Boston University, calls the methods used in those studies “appalling.” Tager-Flusberg leads the Coalition of Autism Scientists, a group that advocates for high-quality autism research. Neither study shows a causal link between circumcision—or the pain relief medications that are often prescribed along with the procedure—and higher rates of autism. In the decade-plus since each was published, autism researchers have [URL='https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0141076815590404']heavily criticized[/URL] these studies. And after reviewing both studies, scientists last year found [URL='https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jebm.12482']no evidence supporting the claim that circumcision leads to autism[/URL] or any other adverse psychological effects."[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-cites-truly-appalling-studies-to-tie-autism-to-circumcision-and/[/URL] Is that more "fair" to RFK? [/QUOTE]
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