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Rather than symptoms of dementia, I am seeing symptoms of Parkinson's in Joe: An abnormally weak voice due to lack of coordination of the speech muscles, forward flexed posture, a shuffling gait, his mouth agape, and irregular speech pattern (nytimes.com/2024/07/08/…). My 85-year-old brother has been showing these very symptoms for over …
Rather than symptoms of dementia, I am seeing symptoms of Parkinson's in Joe: An abnormally weak voice due to lack of coordination of the speech muscles, forward flexed posture, a shuffling gait, his mouth agape, and irregular speech pattern (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/08/us/politics/parkinsons-expert-white-house.html). My 85-year-old brother has been showing these very symptoms for over a year. As far as I can tell, it hasn't affected his cognition, just his movement. It has slowed him down considerably.
These symptoms are what's contributing to the voters' perception that Biden is old.
Thank you for the detailed overview, Sandy. Beyond normal human sympathy if that is the case, it does give pause to wonder if the job responsibilities of such a strenuous position could contribute to a rapid decline or a substantial impairment while in office, if not now maybe in two or three years. The DNC needs to be fully transparent if there are legitimate health concerns. Anything short of that ventures dangerously close to political malpractice and scandal.