A celebrity posts a “quick explainer” video… and within hours the comments section turns into a digital town square brawl: “Dangerous misinformation!” “You don’t have a medical degree!” “Stop scaring pregnant women!”
That’s the storm Jenny McCarthy walked into after she weighed in on the emotionally loaded, headline-friendly question that never seems to stay buried: Is there a Tylenol (acetaminophen)–autism link? Her video—framed as repeating what “doctors have said” and urging people to talk to their own—didn’t calm the debate.
And because this is McCarthy—an entertainment figure with a long public history in vaccine-and-autism debates—the backlash wasn’t just about one post. It was about trust, authority, and the internet’s favorite blood sport: dragging celebrities who talk like experts.
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