Trust those who heal, not those who provoke

In a land full of headlines and wild talking heads,
Where the truth often trembles and rumors are fed,
A man with a platform, a mic, and a frown,
Claimed Tylenol might bring your child down.

“It’s autism!” he bellowed. “It’s meds you must fear!”
But the experts all sighed, “That’s not science, dear.”

So the doctors and nurses and agencies too,
Spoke up to the world with a credible view:
“Vaccines are safe. Acetaminophen’s fine.
The danger,” they warned, “is misinfo online.”

But the man wasn’t done. He just doubled down,
With a shake of his fist and a deepening frown.
He blamed pills and needles, then food, then the air,
He pointed at science – said  “Don’t trust it there!”

He’d shout and he’d spin and he’d smile and he’d stall,
And the crowd would get nervous — unsure of it all.

While in labs and in clinics, the real work was done,
By people who measure, who test, who don’t run.
They looked at the data, the patterns, the peer-
Reviewed journals — not gut feels or tweets of the year.

They studied and cited, they clarified gaps,
They didn’t make guesses or clickbait-y traps.
They said: “Correlation’s not causation — please,
Autism is complex. Don’t spread this disease
Of fear that grows faster than fungi or mold;
Disinformation that never gets old.”

Yet still, there he sat, with his bluster and claim,
Putting children and parents and trust into flame.
For when leaders cry wolf and confuse what is true,
The ones who get hurt are not red or blue.

They’re the folks in the clinic, the families who cry,
The nurse who gets screamed at, the doctor passed by.
They’re the ones who must battle not illness alone,
But the falsehoods now sitting in every smartphone.

You see, public health isn’t just jabs and some meds,
It’s trust in our systems — not clicks, likes, and threads.

So next time you hear a wild claim in a storm,
Ask who stands to profit from panic as norm.
Who gains when you’re scared? Who wins when you doubt?
Who benefits most when the experts are out?

Let’s teach kids to wonder, to question, to weigh —
But not toss the science like old toys away.

Let’s name what is harmful and who fans the flames,
Let’s fact-check the fiction that masquerades as claims.

Because rhymes can be silly, but health isn’t a joke.
Let’s trust those who heal — not those who provoke.