On Thursday, Oct. 9, the Health and Human Services Secretary spoke during a cabinet meeting and shared a story about a pregnant woman “gobbling” Tylenol.

“This morning before I came in here, somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman, eight months pregnant. She is an associate professor at Columbia Medical School, and she is saying ‘F Trump’ and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta,” he said, seemingly confusing the temporary organ with the uterus. “The level of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ has now left political landscapes and it is now in the realm of pathology.”

Kennedy said by taking Tylenol, the woman is “putting her baby at risk” and claimed that there are studies that “show the countries that use the most [acetaminophen] have the highest level of autism.”

“It is not proof. We’re doing the studies to make the proof,” he said, calling this a “national security issue.”

Go Mr Secretary! Yes, that’s the scientific method. You first decide on a conclusion and call a press conference to issue broad advice and guidelines on taking or not taking a particular medicine. Then do the studies to make the proof!