Biden's Cognitive Abilities - How Do We Lay It to Rest?
A lot of my Bernie supporting family has bought into the "Biden has dementia" theme. It's INCREDIBLY pervasive. It reminds me of Trump's birther theme. Obama showed his birth certificate and even that wasn't good enough.
I do think that Biden should get a cognitive "check-up". But I also know that it won't be good enough for some people. So, I found an article. I present it for anyone else who is dealing with the smear campaign and is looking for something to fight it with.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/03/06/the-disinformation-campaign-being-launched-against-biden/
There is no data to support the allegation that he is in cognitive decline.
During a town hall on Fox News Thursday night, Trump once again alluded to the idea that Biden is unfit for office. While the lies about the Bidens and Burisma will likely continue, the Daily Caller reports that this new line of attack will be a focus for Republicans and the Trump campaign.
This issue, however, is not simply being raised by Trump and his enablers. Steve Friess reports that a memo about Biden’s “cognitive decline” is circulating among Sanders’ supporters.
We’ve all watched Biden stumble with words during debates and extemporaneous speeches. So as people committed to examining facts and evidence, it is important to gather what we know about this particular attack and not simply dismiss it because of the sources from which it is emanating.
consider is that in December, Biden released a three-page summary of his medical history in which “his doctor declared he is a ‘healthy, vigorous’ 77-year-old fully capable of taking on the role of president.” Here is what Stuart Jay Olshansky, a professor of public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago who analyzes the longevity of presidents, said about cognitive abilities after reviewing the report.
“The only test that hasn’t been done is the cognitive functioning test,” Olshansky added. “But the fact that he’s on the campaign trail and meeting a rigorous travel and meeting schedule probably would suffice as a replacement for the formal test for cognitive functioning.”
He said that cognitive tests are typically not required unless problems are detected.
In the January/February issue of The Atlantic, John Hendrickson writes that “[Biden’s] verbal stumbles have voters worried about his mental fitness. Maybe they’d be more understanding if they knew he’s still fighting a stutter.”
That is the data we have available about Joe Biden’s cognitive capabilities. What it all comes down to is that there is an alternative explanation for his verbal stumbles and his medical records did not indicate a cognitive impairment.
Brandy X. Lee, one of the mental health professionals who has been very vocal about Trump’s unfitness for office, explained why a declination to diagnose Biden is in keeping with professional standards.
I do not diagnose without examination and do not speak about public figures in general, unless there is evidence of such profound danger to public health and well-being because of serious signs of mental instability in a public servant, that it would be a public disservice not to share the knowledge and training that I have. Biden has not risen to this threshold…
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Another round of "concern" about Biden.
What if we start by actually laying it to rest? 
during a bout of Pneumonia and yet, here she is 4 years later and still looks and sounds great. It's a baseless smear like Hillary's health and President Obama's birth certificate designed to drag Biden down. At this point, I frankly wouldn't even care as long as Trump gets defeated in November. He can step down for health reasons if he has to once he's elected if it turns out to really be a problem and his VP can pick another person to replace themselves.
with Joe Biden. That's awesome you got to meet Biden twice!
It's mean spirited to mock anyone who stutters. 
