[bitshiftfaced]

If I remember correctly, the tide began turning against her when she advocated for reopening schools during covid. Also, in her book, she concluded that there wasn't compelling evidence for abstaining from drinking small amounts of alcohol during pregnancy.

[wisemang]

Is there compelling evidence for that?

[bitshiftfaced]

I was under the impression that it's more a matter of how this makes some folks extremely uncomfortable. From what I've seen, they haven't been able to point to any good evidence to the contrary, other than the general idea that absence of evidence doesn't necessarily mean evidence of absence. There's also the idea that some expecting mothers might not care to understand the little details and as a result take it as a pass to drink at levels we know to be harmful.