JUST SOME POSTS

  OK, I am going to try to keep this one simple and to the point.  As Americans we are used to wishing "Happy..." for a lot of observances. "Happy Birthday", "Happy Anniversary", and for holidays like "Happy Independence Day", etc., etc, I am writing this on Memorial Day. Yesterday I saw a comment somewhere saying: "Don't say Happy Memorial Day!" Now my first thought was "here go the speech police again!" or similar. Today I saw another comment with the same statement: "Don't say Happy Memorial Day!" But it went on and made the issue that this is not to be a "happy" day. This day is for the observance of those men and women that have died in the service of our country. It is to "memorialize" their sacrifice. The comment went on to say that a large portion of our active military and veterans did not like to hear "Happy Memorial Day" for this reason.  It finally hit me; Memorial Da...

As the whole world seems to know, the Trump administration (through President Trump and Secretary RFK, Jr.) made an announcement this week that Tylenol usage in pregnant women could cause autism in children.  All the headlines have some sort of reference to "Trump says..." and makes the statement that he is making unsubstantiated claims, intimating that it is all his thoughts and idea. I have been following the acetaminophen (Tylenol ingredient) issue for over 10 years. Numerous agencies and studies have mentioned a connection between acetaminophen and fetal developmental issues and/or autism in childhood.  How can I say this? Here are just a few of the links to studies and statements by researchers and medical journals and organizations.  First, how about a Twitter post from Johnson & Johnson (the owners of Tylenol at the time - now owned by Kenvue, a spinoff from J&J) from 2017 . They posted "we actually don't recommend using any of our products while pregn...