The autism thing is as thin of an excuse as Colbert being canceled because of ratings, but I understand that because I’m familiar with it.
Did the owner of Tylenol say they thought medicine should be available for poor people or something? Why is Orange Hitler so antiTy all of a sudden?
Many correlations are a chicken & egg situation. We don’t know if what we’re measuring is the cause or the result of whatever we’re studying.
Maybe people with a genetic disposition towards autism process acetaminophen differently.
Maybe people who grew up with access to acetaminophen also grew up in the vicinity of some other environmental factor that also shares a positive correlation with acetaminophen.
There are plenty of potential explanations that aren’t a causal link between acetaminophen consumption and autism.