We push back on claims that Tylenol or vaccines cause autism and explain how weak methods, conflicts of interest, and cherry-picked data fuel public panic. We also unpack why diagnoses have risen—broad criteria, screening, and access—not because of a new environmental villain.

• Summary of claims made at the press event and why they fail
• What the cited acetaminophen paper did and didn’t show
• Conflicts of interest, pay-to-publish venues, and bias
• Why correlation isn’t causation; confounding by indication
• Bradford Hill criteria applied to acetaminophen and autism
• Sibling-controlled studies as the strongest current evidence
• Amish and Cuba myths; diagnosis versus true prevalence
• DSM-5 changes driving higher autism diagnoses
• State-by-state variation explained by services and funding
• Vaccine safety evidence contrasted with myths
• Practical counseling: treat fever; use clear, strong evidence

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0:00 Setting The Record Straight

2:30 The Press Conference Claims

5:30 Tylenol, Vaccines, And Autism

9:30 The Study Behind The Hype

14:30 Conflicts, Bias, And Bad Methods

19:30 Correlation Isn’t Causation

23:00 Bradford Hill 101

28:30 Amish, Cuba, And Diagnosis Rates

33:30 Screening Tools And Subjectivity

37:30 Sibling Studies: The Strongest Signal

42:00 Why Meta-Analyses Can Mislead

46:00 What The “Navigation Guide” Misses

51:00 Vaccine Myths In Perspective

54:00 Why Autism Diagnoses Rise

59:00 DSM-5 And Access To Services

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