For days, the (Failing) New York Times has been trumpeting a headline: "Trump To Speak On Autism!"
Mad Dog knew there was something odd about this. Other Presidents spoke on particular topics, like the economy or the need for changes in health care or about things like Civil Rights, but this made Mad Dog realize, Trump does not actually ever speak on anything. He bloviates. He rambles through his favorite topics, like how rich he is, or how smart he is or how other leaders fear and respect him, but speaking about a topic, "Autism," that is sort of new.
What can he say? We should treat it with Ivermectin and intravenous bleach? No, been there, done that.
Or will he opine on the cause? Likely unhealthy diets bereft of raw milk and vitamin A and rife with processed foods and food dyes. We have some idea what sources he might use for that.
Really, Mad Dog is all ears! Trump speaking on something substantive.
Will he begin by defining his terms? What, exactly, is autism? How is the diagnosis established? Is autism on the rise? How would we know?
Is autism just a handy term for kids and adults who are somehow different or dysfunctional? Is the cause hereditary, genetic, or some toxin, or some dysfunction of the immune system?
Where can we expect advances in treatment of this condition?
Is it a single disease or a family of diseases, like cancer?
What studies are in the works?
Mad Dog is trying to imagine Trump holding forth on this.
He imagines something like Babe Ruth or Yogi Berra being interviewed on the cause of the Great Depression or on nuclear physics.
For sure, there will be no Dr. Fauci on stage, burying his face in his hands as Trump asks a very authentic question: "Why can't we just send all these kids to summer camp, Trump Camp, teach 'em to play golf, and they'll be fine? Right?"
One thing you can always count on with Trump: It will be entertaining...in the most excruciating way.
PS:
As predicted: Just look at these mopes...
Mad Dog,
ReplyDeleteTrump the Almighty has just declared Tylenol the culprit behind autism. I personally am not bothered in the least that there are not studies to back up this proclamation. Between our dear leader and medical science, I’m with the very stable genius all the way!
Maud
https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2025/mount-sinai-study-supports-evidence-that-prenatal-acetaminophen-use-may-be-linked-to-increased-risk-of-autism-and-adhd
DeleteDemocrat Biden warns against rushing out coronavirus vaccine, says Trump cannot be trusted
ReplyDeleteBy Joseph Ax
September 16, 20207:09 PM EDTUpdated September 16, 2020
Ms. Maud,
ReplyDeleteAnd here, all along, I thought it was the vaccines! No, wait! Red dye #2! No, processed food. Or, wait for it...Joe Biden! You know ever since he's been on the scene, in Congress, whatever, autism rates have just skyrocketed!
Acetomenophen is, of course, not the problem, only Tylenol.
But, the good news is, apparently things the mother takes during pregnancy can be understood to cause problems in the fetus. Now we're talking. So maybe now, once again, we can start believing in the teratogenic effects of rubella and other viruses and thalidomide! And if we don't want viral induced birth defects, maybe we can start believing in the MMR vaccine again.
Or maybe we just have to accept some adverse effects to cleave to our principles--like gun deaths are just the price we pay for our 2nd amendment rights to carry guns to protect free speech, so, likewise, a wave of fetal abnormalities are the price we pay to protect our right to not get vaccinated. It's all clear and consistent now.
Mad Dog