Biden's Deteriorating Mental Health - President Putin/ Vice Pres. Trump/ George Clooney weighs in
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- Vinay Prasad, MD MPH; Physician & Professor
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I was diagnosed with dementia 2 years ago and I feel like I could run circles around Biden.
He has clearly had visible symptoms for 5 years solid.
Agreed
What you said is a perfect example of capability over diagnosis. Best wishes to you.
You're hired!
Biden's problem does not lie in physical fitness.
As the joke went, Biden always wanted to be President, too bad he's not around for it.
Best ever!
Perfectly stated!
I don’t care what your politics are, this is just funny!
As at least one Nobel Prize winner has said, “you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯
A telling anecdote of aging and performance. Linus Pauling - Nobel laureate - was still publishing cutting edge work in PNAS into his mid 90s. My, my how mediocre has become the the new excellent. Wait … more like the wretchedly bad has.
Was it Obama?
@@vincentyoung8472 Bob Dylan - subterranean homesick blues. Great song.
I found a Nobel Prize in a box of Cracker Jacks the other day.
Love that you saw the Clooney meme 😂 Everyone in the corporate media has been beyond dishonest about the obvious decline of Biden, then have the audacity to act surprised. Now that it's acceptable to talk about it, people like Clooney are going to jump on the bandwagon and hope we don't wonder why they didn't speak up sooner.
Remember Clooneys wife isn't fond of Biden.
Exactly. He saw this WHILE raising money for Biden's reelection. . . yet he said nothing.
Moral courage, including risking your reputation by going against your in-group’s consensus, is a rare thing thing.
I feel like the entire country is trying to have that difficult conversation with their parents when it is time to give up the keys to the car. No one wants to have to do it, the parent does not see the problem, but, you know if you do not act, someone may die. What a joke of a political system.
A very good analogy.
Not the entire country, I have absolutely no problem with that conversation. Was having it in 2019.
By parents you mean our government
@@vincentyoung8472 this was very obvious back then but you were called an "ageist" or a "right-winger" or worse for saying it. Well now those people need to reap what they sowed.
It has nothing to do with the political system. Biden won the primary, meaning the citizens voted for him. Blame the media for not honestly reporting on the issues. Our political system is a joke as far as the media doesn't report honestly and creating a poorly informed citizenry.
I am 81 and in excellent health. Your NBA analogy is spot on! If I got up in front of the world stage and performed like Biden no one would have to send me in for a mental evaluation. Everyone would know from my weak performance(s) that I would not be qualified to continue holding that job. Biden’s mental state is irrelevant. His day to day performance is…and it’s abysmal.
Yes! Well said.
The question is: why do many think his performance while in office has been exemplary?
Sadly, I can’t answer that with a single response.
@@johnpayne7873 Most legislation passed by any President in the last 50 years.
@MrVh78 Overused executive order
@@carl13579 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Been this way since he got in. Was pretty easy to notice.
Anyone who’s is just finding this out in the last 2 weeks is way behind the 8 ball…. People knew this in 2020.
My question is, who is really running our country? These blue checks should be scrutinized very carefully.
100%
You hit the nail on the head. Do not care what his medical condition is, am concerned that his debate performance mirrors meetings with heads of state, his Cabinet, Congressional leaders, Wall Street CEO's, etc., etc., etc.
also (and more importantly) another "right wing conspiracy theory' now publicly available fact
they set him up to be replaced at the last minute and hoodwink the american public
Aparently his cabinet has scripted meetings, so they can feed him answers ahead of time.
Four more months!
Four more months!
Four more months!
LMAO!
Pause!
@InvaderZim-EatsWaffles
Biden has become a national security risk and should be forced to take a cognitive test or we should invoke the 25th amendment
End of quote. Repeat the line.
Since 2020, things have rapidly become more and more unreal and it seems there’s no slowing down, I don’t know what this country will look like even just one year from now
The media started lying to you in 2016 about Russia, Russia, Russia, and the Trump PP tapes. The lies have just continued. You have to notice that there is collusion between the media and the Democratic Party. It’s all propaganda 😢
I think we do … and we wish that we didn’t.
It’ll look like lower taxes, less regulation, more secure borders, smaller government, an end to foolish climate change initiatives, and less involvement in foreign affairs. Sounds good to me.
It will look worse than it is now. Unless its gone all together
6 months!!!!
Re the pop filter: As an erstwhile theoretical linguist, I found the sound quality of this video excellent, and your diction so perfect that I could hear every speech sound individually. It was sweet music to my old ears. - Don Newkirk
6:38 I will never understand why people aren’t more furious w/ the media. Esp democrats.
Did you miss one of the WH. Press conference with Biden's press secretary? The journalists got pretty contentious.
@@8aNda1dthe problem is it should have taken place a year ago. They were all covering for Biden until it couldn't logistically be hidden anymore.
Make that 4 years ago. None of them challenged him refusing to meet with anyone after 5 pm during his last campaign. @@metatechnologist
Well said!! Yes they were covering for him. 🙄 In this day and age it’s impossible to keep it a secret. It’s not the Roosevelt era.
How would you know if they were? It's not like they'd cover it!
If he were not already President, would anyone consider him for a candidate of the highest position? I wouldn’t vote for him for mayor.
My 80 yo Father In Law has Parkinson’s and is definitely becoming impaired and he’s significantly more cogent than Biden. It doesn’t take an MD/PhD to see a Parkinson’s patient start to slip. You don’t have to shake a man’s hand to see him decline, we all have a lifetime of seeing the elderly decline.
I home cared for my father for 5 years and last 3yrs palliative bed ridden, from advanced parkinsons and dementia... what Dr V Prasad is talking about is doctors on both sides making anecdotal and visual diagnosis isn't helpful or ethical from doctors who should know better.... there's an obvious and good reason why Biden is avoiding a cognitive test and that is because, once you fail this test, it's legally binding and you nolonger have mental capacity to make decisions even on your own health and finances, never mind being the US President... so he would have to immediately resign and step aside for Kamala even before the next election! My father failed his cognitive test before he setup legal 'power of attorney' for medical and financial decision making, meaning under the eyes of the law he didn't even have capacity to give capacity to his own family to act on his behalf, and this meant his own wife and children had no legal say in my father's care and we had to ask paid strangers from the state / government permission for anything and everything... as all decisioning making defaults to the government, not family unless you setup it all up with your lawyers before you loose mental capacity. But the problem is alot of people are like Biden and don't want to admit anything is wrong, either out of fear or stubbornness, until it's too late to act,
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@@Andy_T79 thanks Andy for sharing your experience. I’m an RN and didn’t know this.
President Putin is pleased
The thing is not that he did a mistake but how it could be interpreted in that context. You can say it was an old man who confused the names but you also can say that he sees Putin as the "owner" of Ukraine.
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@@elenabob4953 😂 🤡
@@elenabob4953I think, in his lucid mental windows, he knows he's much less intellectually adept than Putin still is. So, in his increasingly frequent addled states, he doesn't remember that consciously, but he still senses it subconsciously, like a toddler seeing a scary shadow in the window at night. . . if the toddler lives in northern Alaska, that shadow might actually BE a bear.
Biden inherently knows he's too frail anymore to fight Putin.
You're one of the most blunt, honest and smartest guys in the room. Keep being you.
If Biden was a regular person, not even McDonald's would hire him.
Well I was talking to someone who thinks Biden is fine and I said well I sure wouldn’t allow him to drive my grandson to school 20 miles up the road. She said ‘well when you put it that way’…….😏
@chanelv5373 Considering he's got a thing for sniffing children's hair in public and used to shower with his daughter.... his cognitive and driving spatial awareness, should be that last of any worries about him being left alone with a young child.
Considering his preference for sniffing kids and showering with his daughter.... his cognitive and spatial awareness should be the last of any worries about being left alone with young ones.
Yay...the pop filter's working great. I love your style and appreciate all that you do, Doc.
Thank you for calling out the journalists. The questions at the press conference were ridiculous. Nothing on policy, inflation, cost of living, immigration and borders. He’s getting a free pass.
Thank you Vinay, excellent commentary, thank you for continuing to call out those irresponsible physicians and keep this important question before the public! Parkinsonism is not Parkinson's disease, it is a set of observable signs that lead one to consider the possibility of Parkinson's disease. He certainly exhibits signs consistent with Parkinsonism by observation alone (and if you shook his hand and did not detect cogwheel rigidity, or if he did not exhibit micrographia for example, would that change your overall impression of the man? I would say No based on observation alone). The observable signs (festinating gait, mask facies, intermittent confusion, speech abnormalities among others) may be caused by Parkinson's disease and/or other neurological movement disorders. These are manifest and plain to see.
Having said that, I completely agree that without a history and physical exam, without considering past medical, social, and family histories, without considering the current medications the person is on, it would be irresponsible at the least (if not misleading) to pronounce some sort of formal diagnosis. Perhaps with laboratory and imaging studies to provide further data an alternative diagnosis could be arrived at. You are right to distinguish the diagnostic aspect as completely separate from the evaluation of the degree of physical and mental acuity needed to perform the duties of the Presidency-- and I deeply share your concerns as to whether he has capacity to perform those duties in the outstanding manner that this country and the US public needs and deserves.
Interesting that all msm suddenly stopped shielding him?
Literally happened overnight. Talk about a rug pull!
I expected it much sooner but knew it would be the inevitable plan.
VERY interesting that CNN and his own staff agreed to live-televised evening debate without teleprompters or drugs, knowing what they knew.
They couldn’t hide it anymore
@@user-bg7km4ij7f The Adderall ain't Adderalling like it used to.
Vinay, it’s a clinical diagnosis made by observation. The neurologist was 100% spot on. I just diagnosed a patient of mine by observing her gait, listening to her speech, and looking at her stone facies. Neurologist concurred and began treating her.
So well said! There is something in American culture that romanticizes the "common man," the kind of guy "you want to sit down and have a beer with," that devolves into Philistinism. I'm an American who spent half my childhood in Asia where people were widely applauded for their educational achievements. No one was marginalized for being a "nerd" or called such a name. The desire for an American President to fit in with the crowd can lead to selecting mediocre people. Clinton and Biden were exceptions to this rule, but Biden is just a pathetic specimen. I hope he's replaced very soon.
I really appreciate your professional opinion over all the squawking heads.
It's a relief.
also (and more importantly) another "right wing conspiracy theory' now publicly available fact
they set him up to be replaced at the last minute and hoodwink the american public
"President Putin" doesn't quite hit the way it used to.
Putin must have laughed his A off
Wait, Biden just got Putin and Zelenskyy to probably have a good laugh together
You’re so right about journalists not asking good questions. This goes for all of them, even when facing WH officials, their questions are so bad, easily evaded. It’s very frustrating.
If regular people can consistently avoid making mistakes which the president can't (despite being drugged up on happy juice), we have a serious problem.
His blink rate alone is highly symptomatic of Parkinson’s dementia… never mind all the rest 😮
More likely LBD given more prominent cognitive than motor symptoms.
That’s misinformation! Or whatever libs call common sense these days.
walking with no arm movement....his walking is really symptomatic of neuro decline
Masklike facies, bradykinesia, fenestrating gait are all observable and c/w Parkinsonism though the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease would be a reach. All he needs a cognitive exam not neurological exam. Really don’t care about his reflexes and sensory exam which reportedly are not a problem
@@jameshurth2233and none of those reporters asked pointed questions. I saw many Fox reporters last night who were not called on in the presser. Their questions would have exposed some truth. The reporters called on were very coached in my opinion….no HARD questions.
Pop filter, microphone sound quality, lighting, background thrown out of focus...all excellent! Analysis and overall content: Awesome! 😃
I think you have to ask yourself (and maybe this requires someone old enough to remember) how doctors were trained to recognize the symptoms of Parkinsons. They watched videos showing what the symptoms look like in an actual person suffering from the disease. Obviously, it's not the only test, but arguably enough to form a preliminary medical opinion. But I agree with the idea that a cognitive exam is not required to determine if someone up to the task of running an entire nation. It's clear he is not, maybe he could run an ice cream truck (up and until he eats thru all the inventory).
Interesting medical history, thanks for sharing. Reminds me of the most valuable admission criterion ever: “They look sick”.
Back in the day I remember one of the docs writing (before computers) patient very very sick. 😅
A cognitive evaluation has always been made by people when choosing a president. You don’t have to be a doctor to perceive a certain level of mental disability!
@@johnpayne7873 It's one tool in a large bag of tools.
You're right, it's enough to say that using the wrong names for world leaders is enough to say that this person is no longer fit for this function...
And doing it consistently. He is constantly calling world leaders the wrong names.
When clinical rigor is unavailable one must employ common sense. This is an instance where glaring inconsistency of behavior is sufficient to make judgment.
even if this is all normal aging...I worry he isn't sharp enough any longer. like I've said before I don't care what the diagnosis is, I just want to know is he functional? it doesn't look like it.
No doubt. If I was a world leader, I would be very frustrated having to repeat myself, and spend all the energy required to interpret Biden through the mistakes. At this point, he represents an impediment to whatever his putative goals are.
This is the K.C. Shuffle: They know that we know that the table is tilted.
Put that together with what Clooney said: "...The short ramp to election day would be a benefit for us, not a danger." I heard someone call it the "honeymoon" strategy: I met this guy just the other day, don't know much about him but I love this guy and he is here to save the country. Six months later: I never saw that side, not sure how I feel about it now...
In other words this is not a medical issue for the American people, it's a political issue and looks like a pretty dirty one at that. Best not start thinking about how far back this began.
Seeing that the strategy for 2020 was to campaign by hiding him in a basement and destroying the economy by overhyping a new cold they funded with tax money so voting by mail could be made to seem normal, I'd say the darkest depths of whatever you imagine as the low for these people likely has at least seven levels of hell still below that.
Love you Vinay.! You are a voice of reason and common sense. I’m always happy when I see your videos. You speak truth and that’s hard to find these days. Thank you for speaking out and reassuring us the way you do.
Can’t say how much I appreciate your point of view. I’ve been watching since COVID.
Me too, since Covid thank goodness we had him to go to. 🥰
It's interesting. We've seen similar drops in cognitive and physical capacity in my uncle who has Parkinsons the last three years. Each corresponded with a covid vaccine. First two AZ he had significant brain fog and he was juiuusssttt starting to improve after the 6 months when he went for a pfzr booster shot and has simply worsened significantly since.
Biden has had about 6 MRNA from what I can tell. And each time there's a new drop in condition. Food for thought.
Love the microphone. You have such a soothing voice; I can't believe anyone complains!
The $30M heist joke was from the Babylon Bee 😂
You’re the best. Thank you for being honest and funny and brilliant.
Brilliant show. Thanks.
Based Take Dr. Prasad. Thanks for your insight.
Spot on!
So I’m a medico in Australia (GP of 35+ years ) & seem to remember Dr Robert Malone talking during the pandemic of a harmonisation of media, big tech, government and the medical authorities . From memory he didn’t allude to how or why. Looking in from outside & with a medical background I’m with you Dr Prasad- something is not right and it doesn’t really matter what because fit for purpose is clearly something your president lacks. Politics have nothing to do with it and neither does his main opponent. All the best with your governance( we have enough problems here with our out of touch and ineffectual ruling class)…
I remember seeing President Biden back in 2021 at a town hall meeting. The President rigidly held his arms so that his forearms formed a right angle to his upper arms. At the time I thought there was something wrong with Biden.
"President Biden, sir, why did you put your cat in the microwave?"
Did the cat once belong to Schrödinger?
@@johnpayne7873 Schrodinger's microwave didn't have a window to watch the cat explode.
@@ceeemm1901 If there was a window, it wouldn't be a thought experiment.
@@johnpayne7873 Yeah, though, that's what I thought, I think, ...
It's in hiding.... sick of being sniffed.
I wonder how many anticholinergics his doctors prescribed to him over the years. What do you think? Of all the patients with dementia, how many got that way from taking prescriptions their doctors insisted they needed? The guy slinging drugs on the street will tell you that his product will screw you up. I find myself educating doctors about anticholinergics and why they shouldn't be the first line of defense for minor complaints, especially for people my age, way too often. I shouldn't have to do that. But you know, neither the drug slinger nor I were privileged enough to be indoctrinated by Big Pharma via a medical degree either, so there is that.
Some of the things they prescribe those for. . . it's insane.
Scary to think how many people took Benadryl for allergies for years on end
I've been a floor nurse for 25 years and if Biden was my patient, I'd turn the bed alarm on. Any good nightshift RN would do the same.
Thank you Dr Prasad. I find myself constantly returning to your channel for calm, meaningful medical discourse. Your honest opinions are clear and thought provoking and we need more like you in the medical community that are direct; asking the tough questions no one wants to answer but must if we are to progress and advance as a society.
Love your videos and your unbiased, thoughtful opinions.
Totally awesome analogy
Not to mention those slow creeeeeepy whispers he does.
I really don't like the whispers, personally. He loves to do it, and it's always some kind of cruel dare, "Dark Brandon", etc. It's scary, and not commensurate with is position.
@@karlkessler6017 Those whispers are annoying AF. He is just weird.
This is why I have been following you since Covid! You don’t allow politics to cloud your views !
If a considertable amount of time, in a presidential debate (or press conference), involves discussing the President's bedtime, we're in a really weird space. A crisis effecting the entire world can arise at 4 AM EST. If a President is largely a figurehead than, I suppose, it doesn't matter. If, as we're told, the President is the "leader of the free world" and is actually in charge then it matters that the guy can only work six hours a day. As far as a diagnosis or a particular pathology, who knows? The bottom line for myself is the following oddity: We're told Trump is an existential threat to democracy and that the house is on fire (that's another debate) but Biden - this cadaver-like creature who struggles to walk and speak - provides the best chance for Democrats to defeat Trump, and, lead the country. My question is: What's going with the DNC? Full disclosure: I have never liked Biden, I've always thought he was a war monger and on the take, and I can't stand Trump. So here I sit...as I'm told my vote would "matter". I just don't give a shit anymore. It all feels like some sort of crazy, dystopian theater.
Yes, he was not pushed in different domains. He knows those foreign policy issues inside and out, but it is new knowledge that he is going to have trouble with and he was not asked those questions.
It doesn’t matter what he used to know, if he cannot communicate effectively.
Biden’s people had to approve the questions. It’s why Biden had a list of people to call on for questions. That’s why they were softball questions. Same old games.
He confused his sister for his wife, four years ago! And hes known Jill since she was his children's babysitter he cheated on his wife with, and presumably he's known his sister even longer.
He’s knows Bo didn’t die in Iraq but routinely says he did?
Is that Dementia or Liar?
@@user-bg7km4ij7fDementia, because his son's death is too widely known for him to think he could lie about it. That said, he might lie about other things that can't be fact-checked without a security clearance; and that worries me.
I love how you quote the HIPPA privacy rules regarding that incompetent dictator running this country. Not too long ago my boss called me and said since we are federal contractors, the dictator running the country requires you to have poison injected into your body or you are fired. SCREW HIS PRIVACY. What about mine? I will NEVER forget what he did to me.
I thought about that too 😂 hippa conveniently went out the window 🤦🏽♀️
Thanks for reading the comments and adding the pop filter, much improved and more pleasant to listen to, though still room for improvement, primarily Ps, which I think you could achieve by better mic placement.
That being said, great information and analysis, subscribed and look forward to future content.
The question of medical diagnosis vs higher standard is the difference between voter opinion on whether he SHOULD be nominated or elected and whether it is illegal to allow him to run or serve in office.
That is why the focus is on the medical diagnosis. They are trying to avoid the competency question that could affect voter opinion.
Very good Points.
Our new UK PM, Sir Keir Starmer Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath says Joe is "on really good form".
You are SPOT on!
Perfect analysis. We don't need an official diagnosis to see that he's not fit for this job.
I love your common sense look at some of these issues. Our eyes don’t lie. The criteria for becoming a president of the USA has been dumbed down along with our education, military, economy, and our culture.
Love your videos
Excellent analysis Dr. Prasad.
Thank you. As you self proclaimed to be a progressive leftist, I’ve continued to watch your very balanced, logic and data driven points of view on everything. It is much appreciated. It’s fantastic that you have kept your principles and not let, as much as you can, let any bias, distort your view. Thank you again!
Nailed it!
Not only this, but this is only the starting point for the next 4 years! Its a no f-ing way, for me!
This elehant has been in the room for about 5 years now. Partisan eyes have seen and lied about it. Others have been called names. Very mature bullies.
Shouldn't your point also be directed towards those in line to be president? The VP and the speaker. I saw that neurologist on NBC and had similar thoughts. But I like his notion of Biden taking the 4 hr test he mentioned that addresses what you were hoping the press would do with questions and much more. Weird times here in America.
You are a very wise man. Appreciate your
honesty💕
Fantastic!!
I never had a problem with your sound before. That said, thank you for how thoughtful your videos are.
Thank you.
Great video!
I love your style and delivery! 😊
Good video, great thoughts. I never thought you needed the mic guard but the sound was good in this video.
Thank you for speaking up on this. Keep it up my man!
Thanks Doc
Well said Dr Prasad!
While I think JRB is one of the most vile humans today, I heartily agree with you on what the basic questions media need (and should have been for years) to be asking. Thank you for the most intelligent, articulate, and balanced discussion I've heard yet on this issue.
This was excellent. Thank you.
Man I like watching your videos. First time commenting tho. Keep putting them out.
Please comment once in a while even if it’s just a thumbs up because it helps him and the channel, I’m told by other CZcamsrs and something to do with the algorithm. 🤷🏼♀️
Spot on.
I fully support Biden to continue his candidacy. He's as sharp as a worn down butterknife.
He's as sharp as that rusty tack you step on....
To be fair, at his absolute peak he was known as a dullard and grifter, best known for plagiarizing speeches and graduating at the bottom of his class and even that only through favors. To quote Barack Obama, "Never underestimate his [Joe's] ability to fuck things up."
You are a national treasure 👍
Right on brother 👍
Best input I've seen on this subject
There is one way in which I think a neurological exam would potentially be useful, which isn't diagnosis, it's prognosis. What's gonna happen over the next 4 years? Does he have a degenerative disorder or could he sustain this (albeit terrible) level of performance over time? In 4 years will he remember his children's names? Will he be able to walk up on a stage unassisted? But it's still horrendous that it's a conversation we're even having. People have drawn comparisons to Reagan and Thatcher's issues, but Biden is clearly so much further along in his deterioration than they ever were while in office. It would be a mercy to have him drop out of the race so he can get the care he obviously needs
EXCELLENT PERSPECTIVE
Thanks for your honesty and brilliant explanation to the topic discussed. I truly look for your comments lately as I can trust they are educated and not aligned to some political belief. Continue the science and factual dialogue. 🎉❤
Preach! Love your work 🔥🫡🔥
Excellent evaluation and common sense.
Thanks for your insightful and always honest analysis. Such clear common sense here!!! How is this quality so lacking in so many 'educated' people nowadays.
Such a spot on analysis here this is something reporters should be doing
Well said.
Thanks Dr P, until next time!
People were pointing out the mental decline back in 2020. He's just gone at this point. He should be perparing for the end instead of "running" the country.
But what was it Diane Finestien, waited until a week before signing over her estate then passed a week later. Still in office.
The joke that government is an old folks home is sad but true. And points the a broader concern, if these people are not needed, why are we wasting money on them?
They should be providing US a service, not US providing them a retirement home.
Didn't even notice before but the new mic and sound is 🔥