by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
After the deadly school shooting in Minnesota last month by a transgender youth with a history of mental health issues and suicidal ideations, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, posited a theory on social media, with no evidence to back it up, that SSRI's (certain anti-depressants) "might" be to blame. Research exploring that possibility has been conducted for decades with no causal relationship between the use of SSRI's and mass killings such as school shootings ever being found. But Kennedy, who seems to get much of his medical information from social media, isn't so sure.
The cause of mass shootings is always anything BUT guns. Am I right?
As of yet, no evidence has been put forth to show that the Minnesota shooter ever used anti-depressants, but Zoloft and Paxil and all the others are a nice distraction to keep people focused on things other than the ready availability of guns in American society.
This past Friday police in Tacoma, Washington, received a tip about a potential school shooter, a 13-year-old boy who had been posting on-line about his fascination with school shooters and his easy access to guns. Upon going to the home, the local police found 23 weapons, many of them automatic or semi-automatic, some secured and some unsecured, along with magazines, ammunition, and materials for making explosives and fireworks. The lad, who had not been enrolled in school since 2021 was detained by juvenile authorities.
Curiously, the boy's parents have not been charged.
Perhaps Kennedy is onto something. If I was a child living in a home like that, I would probably be depressed.
Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services, which is under the direction of Kennedy, teased on social media that it would be releasing a report linking the use of acetaminophen (Tylenol) by pregnant women to the occurrence of autism in children - even though that same hypothesis has been explored in substantial previous research with no causal connections found.
What has been found to harm children in utero is the mother being exposed to the chicken pox virus, a virus which is controlled through a standard childhood vaccination - but Kennedy seems to be at war with the Centers for Disease Control, a part of his own agency, and its research, scheduling, and promotion of certain vaccines. The state of Florida, following Kennedy's philosophical lead, announced last week that it will soon no longer require any childhood vaccinations for students to attend the state's public schools.
Anti-science policies will impact the health of children.
But again, maybe Kennedy (a former long-term heroin addict, parasitic brain worm survivor, and roadkill enthusiast) is onto something. If he keeps banning substances one-by-one, autism may one day be gone - along with the rest of the human race.
Support alternatives to science, and eat more roadkill - or seek medical advice from competent medical professionals like your family physician.
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