I hope we're so lucky that it's only 5 years. Wakefield's "study" was published in 1998 and it's still widely believed.

5? That number is far too low - even here on HN we have people genuinely commenting that vaccines directly cause autism.

And the company cannot sue for libel as SCOTUS has already stated that POTUS is immune as long it was part of official acts. The thing I don't know enough about is if they meant for suing in the courts while still allowing for Congress the ability granted them by the Constitution to impeach/convict/remove. That was Trump's position as the only way to hold POTUS accountable, which goes to explain why he is so worried about keeping control of both chambers. What happens after his term doesn't matter has he has immunity from SCOTUS if Congress does nothing.

Speaking of "too late... damage done" - isn't it strange how Kimberly-Clark bought Kenvue (Tylenol) right after RFK Jr and Trump started saying Tylenol causes autism, hurting sales and dropping stock value? And now RFK Jr is saying there's no link?

I can't wait to find out how many tens of millions of Trump and Ivanka and Baron Coin they bought, and for nothing to be ever done about it.

The underlying issue is that there is an unsatisfying risk reward ratio.

Taking Tylenol doesn’t have a huge benefit, but severe autism is a catastrophe.

Even though the causation is not proven, correlation might give you pause to have such a catastrophic result.

There are a lot of people who are not parents discussing this, but as a parent, I don’t think I would let my wife take tylenol during pregnancy.