With myths and fake news that has been rejected for years by scientists continues to feed his followers Donald Trump Putting in the front line the vaccines.
From his controversial “recipes” with disinfectants for COVID-19, to his recent statements about paracetamol and vaccines, US President Donald Trump seems to have found to have found political “fuel” in anti -scientific rhetoric.
Together with his government’s health minister, Robert Kennedy Jr.
So yesterdayTrump, reminded the myth that paracetamol can cause autism, While it did not fail to target once again, the triple measles – mumps – Red (MMR)
The World Health Organization (WHO), the European Medicines Organization (EMA), as well as the National Medicines Agency (AEO) acted instantly and issued clear, vertical and categorical announcements: There is no scientific evidence that links autism to paracetamol or vaccination.
Spyros Mazanis: “Trump addresses a large audience who believes in magic and herbs”
Dr. Spyros Masanis, Pediatrician, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Rome, speaking to iatropedia.gr and commenting on the latest worrying developments, disconnects every relationship between vaccines and paracetamol with autism, while attributing to Autism.
“Look there are still people who believe that the earth is flat. And that we didn’t go to the moon. I believe Trump is a clever man who handles humanity in such a way, to distract where he wants. In his first term every morning he posted something on Twitter to concern journalists, but with something that had nothing to do with how he managed his country and the planet.
Now it has been involved with medicine. Let us not forget that there is a large part of people who believe in the “magic”, herbs, in paraphrase therapies and in various others, which are out of medicine. The audience and its voters are great at the same time, “the scientist says.
Wakefield scandal: When a lie revived measles
The rumor that the MMR vaccine can cause autism was born in 1998, by British gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield, who published a study in Lancet with just 12 children, concluding that the triple measles – mumps – MMR – MMR – MMR.
This study was later proved by the testimonies of his associates themselves. Wakefield proved to be funded by a law firm that was preparing lawsuits against vaccine production companies and had a financial interest from the measles monopoly vaccine.
In 2010 he was removed from the license to practice. The damage, however, had already been done. Vaccine coverage collapsed and measles returned to Europe with deadly cases.
The denial has never been heard, as long as the lie was heard, explains pediatrician Spyros Mazanis:
“The study was set up. It was revealed that the doctor had taken money from lawyers and was a shareholder in a company that produced the only measles vaccine. To promote it, disrupted the triple. His degree was recalled, but the reputation was left. The denial has never been heard as loud as the lie, “he says.
The truth about paracetamol
But Trump also targeted paracetamol, implying that it could cause autism. And here science is clear: no study has proven such a relationship.
Dr. Mazanis explains: “There is no study – albeit many – that proves autism relationship with the use of paracetamol. If there was at least one, we would know. There is no. “
Paracetamol is a safe drug, he says The expert adds how it is safer than aspirin.
“But, like any medicine, it must be administered to the correct dose and for a specific purpose. Even water, if you drink it in excessive quantities, can poison you. The same goes for any substance, “he points out.
Trump and the dangerous misinformation »
Trump, reproducing the same myth today, makes politics with the vaccines. It even revives another myth: that vaccines contain mercury, which certainly does not apply, as the thiomersal in the vaccines has been abolished since 2001.
At the same time, he argues – without providing any elements and study – how the MMR vaccine should be divided into three vaccines for the three separate childhood diseases.
Dr. Mazanis is categorical: “Trump is not a doctor. But because he has been a planet and he has a huge influence when he says “I am not a doctor, but I tell you that”, It’s like listening to grandmother in the village say “I heard it somewhere”. It is misinformation, but it is dangerous misinformation, “he says and continues:
“First of all we do not even know what autism is, then we can find out what is causing him. Does it come from a virus, from DNA? If the autism gene had been found, we would have found the cause. Therefore, on this “gap” information, anyone can press whatever they want, “the doctor concludes.
Source: iatropedia.gr