When Mona, a mother in her thirties who lives in New Jersey, was pregnant, she had a fever which she treated with Tylenol. Six years later, her daughter was diagnosed with autism . According to President Trump, these two events just might be directly related.

In a White House press conference on Monday, President Trump tied the usage of Tylenol during pregnancy to rising rates of autism, effectively pointing the finger at mothers. “Taking Tylenol is not good,” he said, after struggling to pronounce the drug’s generic name of acetaminophen. “Alright, I’ll say it: it’s not good.” Appearing alongside Secretary of Health and Human Services and noted anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump announced that the Food and Drug Administration would be notifying physicians that use of Tylenol

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