Sometimes (more often with Donald Trump) you cann’t understand politics without introducing the mathematical variable of : a big dose of demagogy.
During a press conference, the American President, flanked by Junior Jr, a former journalist and fresh ministry of health, strongly advised his followers (those who have some good thick wool over their backs, you know who I’m talking about) against the use of paracetamol by pregnant women, associating it with a high risk of autism in children. Please note that the World Health Organization categorically rejects these allegations. All experts on teratogenic agents (causing brain misformations) agree to say that there is no evidence of a proven risk.
A new fake news made in White House. Like the one who claimed that drinking bleach prevented you from catching Covid.
One can wonder what level of anxiety Donald Trump is suffering from, to decide to kill Kenvue, the first pharmaceutital laboratory manufacturer of Tylenol in the U.S, and to destabilize its boss, Kirk Perry. Plus sowing chaos in public health and panic in the country. Kenvue is/was however a 100% American laboratory.
The brand has kept in its DNA the memory of the great catastrophe of 1982, when a terrorist introduced cyanide into several bottles on sale in Chicago supermarkets, causing the death of seven people. This time, Kirk Perry hoped to make Junior Jr. see reason. In vain. In the balance of populism, the benefit of a sensational announcement to the millions of supporters of the anti-science Maga movement far outweighed the fate of one of the most well-known pharmaceutical brands in the United States.
This time terrorists were two : Junior Jr and Donald.