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[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

we all know

No, actually, some of us have more exacting standards for medical diagnosis than armchair theorizing.

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Devil's advocate: These medical reports generally are not public, so only folks in his inner circle like the VP and Cabinet members would know about the results. These folks are beholden to Biden and thus the least likely to pull the trigger.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure. I'm not arguing its impossible. I'm arguing that anyone that thinks "we all know" is being very foolish. The only reasonable assertion is we don't really know. Judging based off of the limited information we have is not "we don't know" though, its armchair theorizing by people that generally don't even have medical training.

That's a good point. You're absolutely right.

Even so, it's hard to see what the alternative is. Should folks with actual medical training announce their speculation based on limited information? (Assuming that's not even possible, considering that most professional organizations frown on that sort of thing.)

To be fair though, I suspect the OC (original commenter) here is actually trying to make the case that Biden is too frail for office because he's not sufficiently pro Palestine, without explicitly spelling out that this is the reason..