Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump administration to link the drug to autism, even though experts say a causal connection remains tenuous at best.
  • Deflated0ne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    11 hours ago

    Only 150k?

    Shame he was bought so cheap. Shame he was bought at all. But 150k in this economy? In Donny Dipshit’s floundering economy?

    That won’t even buy a starter home.

    • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
      23·
      11 hours ago

      He probably testifies on multiple things each year. He billed $150k for 200 hours of work, which is maybe a month or two.

      • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        Works out at around 1,200,000 annually, give or take. Not bad money for selling your soul.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    19·
    10 hours ago

    So anyone studying anything medical at Harvard is not to be hired due to the low quality of staff at the institution?

  • dan69@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 hours ago

    So is it a requirement to graduate from Harvard to get a job as a dean of x department?