JCTarheel82
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RFK Jr, HHs & MAHA | CDC RIF massacre
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1moretimeagain
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Federal health policy determined by rumors the President happens to hear, but hasn’t bothered to verify lol
So we know this will result in MAGA cutting out Tylenol in all aspects of their lives -- not just during pregnancies. I wonder if non-MAGA will start taking Tylenol as a counter-protest. And then soon, you will know someone's politics just by peeking in their medicine cabinet.
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Autism in Cuba - Neurodiversity Press
"Context," the word, is not at risk of vanishing just yet, but "context," the concept, could soon go the way of "critical thinking," or "racism," wherein parties that seemingly know little about these terms have the power, through the act of thoughtless appropriation, to destroy their impact.
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Historically, though, there really wasn’t a great, visible need for the Cubans (in particular, their overseeing entity, the Ministry of Health) to implement large resources into autism programming; until 2010-2012, when they started hearing reports of larger numbers from their schools and pediatric offices (the first group of children they started working with is now 16).
Operating out of Havana’s Borras Marfán hospital, Dr. Yoysy Rondon Acosta is the National Coordinator for Autism and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Working alongside Dr. Tania Adriana Péon, who heads the National Group of Child Psychiatry. they have been charged with coming up with national plans that can withstand the challenges of both the prevalence rise and the embargo/blockade. Every municipality in the country has its own health center that operates under the Ministry’s guidelines. And the result has been a framework that’s more than a little different…
For starters, they don’t categorize a “big three” of medical, psychological, and neurological influence the way we often do to.
“For us, autism is ‘neurobiological,’” Dr. Acosta stated.
Going further, she explained that they don’t obscure medical involvement in their thinking, but unlike our medical model of disability, “(their) thinking of ‘medical’ is much more of a mix of traditional and natural medicines.”
Going more further, their approach is intentionally multi-disciplinary. Psychiatrists don’t just reach out to Occupational Therapists on an as-need basis. They are all tied together at the hip as a day-to-day practice. Acosta explained: “We have seven disciplines that we make work together. Child Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology, Genetics, Speech Therapy, Physiatry (a combination of Physical and Occupational Therapy), and the natural and traditional medicine.“
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The grandmother reported the lack of speech as the most concerning issue to her. For others, drawing more interest was the child’s clear lack of recognition of the other people in the room. He was also sorting toys by shape and color rather than engaging in “imaginative play.” At first glance he seemed an obvious diagnosis, though he was trusting, not anxious, and his fine motor skills were maybe even advanced.
But the team began asking questions about home life. There was a new baby brother who gets seemingly most of the attention. Dad has left. Mom lets grandma do perhaps far more of the mothering share, even though grandma does not live with them (but she picks the boy up every day to take him to her house for a few hours). Grandma reported that when he eats at his home that the boy is often placed in front of the TV or a computer. That perked the team’s ears up.
One team member told Neuwirth, that “This is important because in Cuba we don’t encourage children to see screens until they’re 4 years old.“
Because of this and the questions about home life, the team would not diagnose him yet. They could see the likelihood of an autism diagnosis down the road, but for now the team assigned a second meeting, and this time it was mandated that the mother attend with the child.
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Ironically Johnson & Johnson was born out of a big presentation at a world symposium in Philadelphia where Lister was trying to explain germ theory to a bunch of Americans doctors who largely refused to believe him. One of the Johnsons was in the audience and actually listened to the data and came up with the idea of a sterile bandage and worked out the details with his brother and boom...
Once again it will be Johnson & Johnson vs the ignorant fuckheads of the world
The irony is that RFK Jr doesn't believe in germ theory. He thinks poor diet and lifestyle causes you to get sick, not the germs.
It’s a 2020 redux.
Molotov Mocktail
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What did I just watch? Did that nonsense actually just come out of the White House??
This is fucking insane
This is fucking insane
And don’t give it to your child either
Sudafed, though? Stock up!
Multi-million?
Why not multi-billion for trashing an internationally respected brand?
uncjhodges
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I’m not sure i can in good faith continue practicing medicine in this country
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And don’t give it to your child either
Sudafed, though? Stock up!
lol @ the first ingredient
Most FUCKED UP presidency in our lifetimes (with any hope).
gtyellowjacket
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I think Mr Cochran misunderstood the statement. It could have been worded don't use Tylenol (or generic acetaminophen) during pregnancy for routine pain relief because it may cause autism. Only use Tylenol (or generic acetaminophen) during pregnancy to reduce high fevers.
They are not confused about Tylenol vs generic acetaminophen. Tylenol is what the "it" is in "...pregnant women only to use it, or generic acetaminophen, for high fevers..."