Chris Cuomo gets crushed by the facts regarding Harvard Study’s Link to Autism

Chris Cuomo gets crushed by the facts on air after claiming the Harvard Tylenol study came to a “split decision” on whether there’s a link to autism.

@MartyMakary wasn’t about to let that claim slide.

CUOMO: “So Harvard does a review of previous studies... and they came up with what I would term as a split decision in favor of studies that found that Tylenol may have an association with negative effects, including potential forms of autism.”

MAKARY: “This research is NOT a split decision as you described. TWENTY-SEVEN studies found an association between prenatal use of acetaminophen and autism. There were thirteen studies that went the other way, but the authors concluded that higher quality studies FAVORED an association.

“And if I can just quote the dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, my former institution: ‘There is a CAUSAL relationship between prenatal acetaminophen and the neurodegenerative disorders of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder.’”

In no context ever is 27 studies vs. 13 a “split decision.” If this were a boxing match, it would be a unanimous decision in favor of the autism link. Makary wasted no time correcting Cuomo and made him eat those words on air.