I hope we're so lucky that it's only 5 years. Wakefield's "study" was published in 1998 and it's still widely believed.

5? That number is far too low - even here on HN we have people genuinely commenting that vaccines directly cause autism.

And the company cannot sue for libel as SCOTUS has already stated that POTUS is immune as long it was part of official acts. The thing I don't know enough about is if they meant for suing in the courts while still allowing for Congress the ability granted them by the Constitution to impeach/convict/remove. That was Trump's position as the only way to hold POTUS accountable, which goes to explain why he is so worried about keeping control of both chambers. What happens after his term doesn't matter has he has immunity from SCOTUS if Congress does nothing.

The recent immunity decision isn't particularly relevant to civil suits.

Presidents have had civil immunity since Mississippi vs Johnson (1867), which was reaffirmed in Nixon vs Fitzgerald (1982).

Barr v. Matteo (1959) is probably most on point here; providing immunity from libel for statements made by government officials as part of their job.

you target rfk jr, not trump.

Speaking of "too late... damage done" - isn't it strange how Kimberly-Clark bought Kenvue (Tylenol) right after RFK Jr and Trump started saying Tylenol causes autism, hurting sales and dropping stock value? And now RFK Jr is saying there's no link?

I can't wait to find out how many tens of millions of Trump and Ivanka and Baron Coin they bought, and for nothing to be ever done about it.

> Even though the causation is not proven, correlation might give you pause to have such a catastrophic result.

You would have a valid point if there was a correlation.

There is no correlation between Tylenol and autism and ADHD.

I think there is arguably a correlation based on the following, but no one has shown a causal link. I don't think it's unreasonable to make the statement that some studies have found a correlation or association, but no causal link: https://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2025/mount-sinai-s... https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/using-acetaminophen-during-pre...

Even this study shows there is correlation.