Claims from the Trump White House[1] about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen – often sold under the brand name Tylenol in the U.S. – during pregnancy and development of autism have set off a deluge of responses[2] across the medical[3], scientific[4] and public health[5] communities.
As a father of a child with level 2 autism[6] – meaning autism that requires substantial support[7] – and a statistician...