Remember that Tylenol is the best thing for a pregnant person and his/her/zir/their baby

New York Times:

President Trump, speaking at the White House, gave direct and unproven medical advice contradicting decades of research about vaccines and the use of a common painkiller in pregnancy and infancy. … Medical experts, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, stressed that acetaminophen is safe.

StatPearls/National Library of Medicine:

Acetaminophen toxicity is the second most common cause of liver transplantation worldwide and the most common cause of liver failure in the United States. Responsible for 56,000 emergency department visits and 2600 hospitalizations, acetaminophen poisoning causes 500 deaths annually in the United States. Notably, around 50% of these poisonings are unintentional, often resulting from patients misinterpreting dosing instructions or unknowingly consuming multiple acetaminophen-containing products.

I recently purchased some acetaminophen. The CVS brand expired nearly a year after the Tylenol-brand Tylenol. Maybe it would be worth paying more money and accepting the shorter expiration date in exchange for a U.S.-made product? The CVS bottle said “Made in India”. The Tylenol-brand bottle said “Active ingredient made in India.” When did Americans forget how to make common chemicals such as this one?

Note that if you’re worried about acetaminophen toxicity you could take sugar pills the next time that you’re in pain. According to “Lack of Efficacy of Acetaminophen in Treating Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis; A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Comparison Trial With Diclofenac Sodium” (2015) and “Acetaminophen for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review on Efficacy” (also 2015), a placebo will work just as well as Tylenol (“All included studies showed no or little efficacy with dubious clinical relevance”).