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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It 100% is...

Trump 79, at 65 there's like a 5% chance someone is diagnosed with dementia, and it doubles every 5 years.

But because there's a delay in diagnosis, and the effects of dementia and how our brains works naturally "hides" it. The average age for the onset of dementia is also 65.

It's important to have a strong safety net, because those are the ones who need to point it out and start treatment.

For almost a decade now the US president has shown clear signs of dementia and regardless of who it is their administration has intentionally hid how bad it is.

All the shit that came out about Biden is going to be eclipsed by what we hear later about this admin. But the reason they're getting away with it so much now, is it's already been normalized by "both sides".

Dems need to replace everyone over 70 if they won't do the right thing and resign. Even Bernie, I love the guy but he should have stepped down a long time ago.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

source on doubling? cause that means by the time he’s 90 there is a >100% chance.

and I know a bunch of 90yo folks without it..

[–] Noobnarski@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

AFAIK Bernie doesn't want to become a president anymore because of his age, and AOC is basically his replacement