September 16,2016
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Ridgewood Nj, On Sunday, an “Overheated” Hillary Stumbled or Fainted at a 911 Ceremony.Hours later, came news flash Hillary’s Doctor Discloses Pneumonia Diagnosis Made Last Friday but questions abound.
Since then, a video by Dr. Ted Noel has made the rounds. Dr. Noel makes a seemingly convincing case Hillary has Late Stage Parkinson’s disease.
On the internet anyone can make up a sensational “news” story. Like minded wen sites and blogs will repeat them. It does not make it true.
I was taught to never repeat gossip. Those with blogs, Twitter accounts and the like should be responsible and not repeat unfounded stories.
https://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-has-parkinsons-disease/
not a fan of snopes https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-15/late-stage-lying-pneumonia-theory-vs-parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease-theory-doctors-chime
Clearly neurological in origin. Parkinson’s the most likely culprit. hILLary/hiLIARy losing steam as a candidate. No tears shed here.
Repeating a silly conspiracy theory is wrong. Zero Hedge contributors use pseudonyms. They collect items from around the internet. Alt-right
Snopes has been debunking lies for years.
Snopes Weighs In
Snopes says the montage of photos and video clips are nothing more than Shaky Diagnosis.
Snopes concluded the story was “false”. Snopes ends with this paragraph:
In closing, we wish to make it clear what our aim has been in this analysis. We have not tried to make the case that Hillary Clinton does not have Parkinson’s disease (in point of fact, we don’t think that case even needs making). Rather, we have shown that what Ted Noel did in this video is systematically misrepresent perfectly ordinary and explicable phenomena as “Parkinson’s disease symptoms,” and his motivation for doing so was purely political.
False or Inconclusive?
I am generally highly supportive of Snopes. But How the hell can they possibly make the claim the story is false, when all they did was make a case that Noel’s presentation was politically motivated.
Politically Motivated Snopes?
Since Snopes is not a medical doctor, and since Snopes explicitly stated “We have not tried to make the case that Hillary Clinton does not have Parkinson’s disease (in point of fact, we don’t think that case even needs making)” one has to wonder if Snopes itself is politically motivated!
Snopes should have labeled the evidence “Inconclusive“, not false.
Perfectly Ordinary?
I am not a medical doctor but bug-eyed facial expressions and cough attacks lasting months coupled with stumbling and stuttering and exaggerated head motions getting progressively worse, all by the same person, hardly seem “perfectly ordinary” as Snopes claims.
Certified Opinion
I am not qualified to comment on the likelihood of Parksinson’s. Since Snopes did not bother to consult experts, they are not qualified either. So how can they label the story “false”?
On the other hand, I am qualified to recognize bullsheet. I do that every day for a living.
My certified opinion is “Late Stage Lying, Mid Stage Lying, and Early Stage Lying” by the Hillary campaign.
Here are some comments from medical doctors. Some were posted publicly on my blog others in private emails to me.
and you are a medical doctor ?
Parkinson’s or ALS was the comment from my colleague…and she has early stages Parkinson’s….
Hypocritical Left. I recall a few years ago all the blabber about McCain’s age and suspected senility. All this while the man looked remarkably healthy, and even now, still does. Meanwhile, Hilary has clearly had health scares, what with her head trauma thing where she wore those Coke-bottle glasses, and the latest incident where she was all but carried into her van. No, we can’t talk about that.
The strange blue-lensed glasses she wore last Sunday (and the blue-hued clothing she and her entire entourage wore) are notoriously employed to reduce the characteristically spasmodic body movement from which Parkinson’s patients suffer. It actually helps. They don’t know quite why.
Snopes? Hilarious