A neurologist from New York, who has expertise in Parkinson’s disease, suggested on Monday that President Biden is displaying “classic features of neurodegeneration” amidst ongoing speculation regarding his political future.
Dr. Tom Pitts offered his evaluation based on Biden’s public appearances, while the White House faced inquiries about another Parkinson’s specialist visiting the executive mansion eight times over the span of eight months last year and earlier this year.
“I could have diagnosed him from across the mall,” Pitts told NBC News Now’s “Top Story with Tom Llamas.”
“I’m a Democrat, it’s just like — this guy is not a hard case,” he added. “I see him 20 times a day in clinic.”
“He has the classic features of neurodegeneration, word-finding difficulties, and that’s not, ‘Oh, I couldn’t find the word,’ that’s from degeneration of the word retrieval area,” Pitts elaborated, referring to Biden.
The doctor also mentioned the president’s “shuffling gait … so little steps. Loss of arm swing from the rigidity…and end-block turning, meaning he kind of pivots around his foot.”
Pitts clarified that he has never been in the “same room” with the president, who has insisted he will continue with his re-election campaign, and could not assess whether Biden’s cognitive abilities had declined.
Over the weekend, The NY Post reported that Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, met with Dr. Kevin Cannard, the White House medical unit’s neurology consultant, back in January.
A review of visitor logs revealed that Cannard had visited the executive mansion eight times between July of last year and March of this year.
Late Monday, O’Connor confirmed that Cannard had examined Biden as part of his annual physicals, but claimed the doctor had not seen the president outside of those occasions.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre asserted Tuesday that the January meeting involving Cannard and O’Connor “was not” about Biden’s health.
Pitts urged both Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 78, to take a four-hour neurological test, which he referred to as the “hallmark test for cognitive performance.”
Despite his party affiliation, Pitts admitted that he was frustrated with the situation, comparing the Biden administration to the regimes of North Korea and Russia in terms of denying obvious realities.
{Matzav.com}