Trump is going to announced today that they’ve had a breakthrough with autism, widely assumed to be based on a study that found a correlation with Tylenol use during pregnancy — a correlation which other studies have not found. (Also: correlation is not causation…) He’s also apparently found his new Hydroxychloroquine, some drug for cancer that has shown very little efficacy for neurological diagnoses.
It’s interesting that they apparently didn’t consider this:
When we think of the effects of age on baby-making, we tend to focus on women. That withering supply of eggs. Those chromosomal problems. Infertility. But men are affected by age too. There is now a substantial – and growing – body of evidence that suggests delaying fatherhood may carry its own consequences. These are seldom talked about – how often, for example, are men told to “pay more attention” to their biological clocks?
Children with fathers who are more than 40 at their birth are almost six times more likely to have autism than those whose fathers are less than 30, according to one study. Babies born to fathers aged over 50 face an up to fivefold increased risk of schizophrenia. Obsessive compulsive disorder, ADHD, bipolar disorder – all are more likely, research indicates, if the father is older.
Trump was 59 when Baron was born. Bobby Jr. was 47 years old when his last child was born.
No need to look into that. It’s the Tylenol. The beyotches are giving it to their kids because they’re too selfish to take a little pain. Obviously.
*And no, that study of older fathers isn’t proof of anything either.