I think you’re right that his having had COVID could be a contributing factor, though to have cognitive decline of his variety (mixing up words/names, mostly) is not all that uncommon for 81.
Now if we want to talk about the kind of cognitive decline that is non-sensical gibberish, we should be talking about Trump. Also possible that COVID affected his brain.
I agree that cognitive decline is normal for his age, however the reports that his decline has accelerated in the past 6 months to year, makes believe his Covid infections are a contributing factor and his latest "cold" may be symptoms of Long Covid. My Mom is same age and has diabetes and I have been warning her about Covid for years, and she has had it twice, and now all of her symptoms are suddenly accelerating/declining - which makes me believe her Covid is also accelerating her issues. And with Trump, I am sure he has had Covid a few times now and absolutely has accelerated his mental decline (and dementia runs in his family). I also think this mental decline is happening on a mass level - the science now noting IQ decrease even from "mild" infection. It's the mass "dumbing" of society.
Nate gets credit for his June 28 post - Biden's poor performance isn't just consistent with long Covid, it's consistent with yet another round of current acute Covid:
Nate: "First off he had a ‘cold’ we’re told. He was coughing a couple of minutes in. Could very well have been covid. Probably was."
Heh heh - welcome to the club! I'm kind of new too - I've been casually following Nate for a little while, but the June 28 post is what pushed me over into paid subscriber territory. Man, is this story important! And no coverage anywhere.
thanks! I've been following Jessica Wildfire and have seen Nate before, but happy to now also be following Nate! Totally agree - no coverage anywhere... but that is because they can't admit the truth about Covid!!!! Very sad and extremely frustrating!!!
Also, seems pretty obvious to me that Biden's cognitive decline is consistent with Long Covid, but they will never admit it!
I think you’re right that his having had COVID could be a contributing factor, though to have cognitive decline of his variety (mixing up words/names, mostly) is not all that uncommon for 81.
Now if we want to talk about the kind of cognitive decline that is non-sensical gibberish, we should be talking about Trump. Also possible that COVID affected his brain.
I agree that cognitive decline is normal for his age, however the reports that his decline has accelerated in the past 6 months to year, makes believe his Covid infections are a contributing factor and his latest "cold" may be symptoms of Long Covid. My Mom is same age and has diabetes and I have been warning her about Covid for years, and she has had it twice, and now all of her symptoms are suddenly accelerating/declining - which makes me believe her Covid is also accelerating her issues. And with Trump, I am sure he has had Covid a few times now and absolutely has accelerated his mental decline (and dementia runs in his family). I also think this mental decline is happening on a mass level - the science now noting IQ decrease even from "mild" infection. It's the mass "dumbing" of society.
Nate gets credit for his June 28 post - Biden's poor performance isn't just consistent with long Covid, it's consistent with yet another round of current acute Covid:
Nate: "First off he had a ‘cold’ we’re told. He was coughing a couple of minutes in. Could very well have been covid. Probably was."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/biden-cancels-campaign-speech-covid
Here's my attempt to explicitly list Biden's brain in Yglesias' "L." column
https://cbuck.substack.com/p/now-can-we-talk-about-the-geopolitical?r=5cli6
Thanks! I missed that post as I just started following Nate on this post.
Heh heh - welcome to the club! I'm kind of new too - I've been casually following Nate for a little while, but the June 28 post is what pushed me over into paid subscriber territory. Man, is this story important! And no coverage anywhere.
thanks! I've been following Jessica Wildfire and have seen Nate before, but happy to now also be following Nate! Totally agree - no coverage anywhere... but that is because they can't admit the truth about Covid!!!! Very sad and extremely frustrating!!!