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Why people have no business diagnosing anyone by watching them on TV.
Some woman tried to tell me that Biden has Alzheimer's because he walks the way her Alzheimer-afflicted husband did. Um. No. That's not how it's done.
Here's a recent example: I had to rush my completely. This symptom, it could this, that or the other thing. They brought in several specialists. They ran tests. They drew blood. They did scans. They consulted. They crunched numbers. It could be a or it could be b, they said. they said. Or c or d. Turned out it was E. Nothing to do with his chronic conditions. See where I'm going with this? See how complicated it can be figuring out what's wrong with someone? Why no one has any business deciding what's wrong with someone by watching them on TV? Or seeing them at a fund raiser?
We're fine, he's in great hands. I'm just putting this here so the armchair doctors can see it. We've had a lot of experience with the medical-industrial complex, and while it has its faults, it is the place where diagnoses should take. Not your living room.
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