JOHN KLAR: Trump Declares War On Autism As Leftist Media Belittles New Research
It is heart-wrenching to witness the struggles of a family with a child suffering from severe autism. President Donald Trump sincerely expressed his longstanding compassion for mothers who endure this trauma in their…
It is heart-wrenching to witness the struggles of a family with a child suffering from severe autism. President Donald Trump sincerely expressed his longstanding compassion for mothers who endure this trauma in their children as he led a Sept. 22 press conference announcing new efforts to discover both the causes and cures of autism in America. Who could object?
Declaring War On Autism
The legacy media sought to discredit the administration’s effort even before the public announcement, belittling the anticipated policy recommendation that pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. Some outlets also criticized the decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make leucovorin, a drug showing promising signs of reducing the symptoms of autism, more widely available.
Yet the president’s emotional concern for suffering children and their parents extended far beyond either drug. This was a declaration of war against autism and the longstanding failure of the federal government to do anything about it.
Without so much as taking a breath, progressive newsrooms began to churn out copy to disparage the president’s announcement. Here are just a few of the naysayers:
AP: “Trump promotes unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without new evidence.”
BBC: “Trump urges pregnant women to avoid Tylenol over unproven autism link.”
Newsweek: “What Did Trump Say About Child Autism? And Is It Actually True?”
Unveiling A Battle Plan
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. explained in detail that leucovorin would be made more widely available for families and that products containing acetaminophen would be labeled to warn pregnant women of possible risks. Going further, he observed that for two decades, misguided research had focused on a genetic cause for a condition that had exploded far too quickly, proclaiming “hat would be like looking at the genetic drivers of lung cancer without looking at cigarettes.”