Biden Health: ‘Biden does not blink’: Doctors reply to viral X post

The first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump triggered a volley of memes as it was expected and also concerns over Biden’s health condition at the age of 81. That Biden appeared non-coherent in the debate was not the allegation of his detractors but Democrats too acknowledged — in public and private — that he did not seem to be fit to run for another term.Amid all this, a particular post by billionaire Bill Ackman went viral piquing the interest of social media users as he noted that he did not see Biden blink even once during the debate and asked doctors to explain what happened to Biden.

Roger D Klein replied that one can’t mage diagnoses from television but Biden appears to have masked facies and psychomotor retardation associated with Parkinson’s. “These are protestion diagnoses one could think about. Frontotemporal dementia, vascular Parkinsonism, or medication induced Parkinsonism are also in the differential diagnosis,” he posted.
A pharmacologist said it might be amphetamines; another expert wondered whether it was ‘adderall, ritalin, or desoxyn’.
Another user said Biden has all the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.
“Bill, I have been saying for sometime that he has all of the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. People kept telling me I’m crazy. But what you see tonight, taken together with his recent appearances, is as close as you can get to nailing that diagnosis,” Houman David Hemmati replied.
Biden was seen faltering during the debate, speaking rapidly in a raspy, trailing-off voice. His voice was noticeably hoarse. In February, White House published Biden’s health report and said he was responding well to the treatment for sleep apnea. “President Biden is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency,” according to the report.
Biden’s campaign said the president was sick with cold and nothing else.