I’m linking this here because people who are spamming articles about “OMG Biden has Parkinson’s disease!!!1!11” need to see this.
The New York Times did not do their homework. At all. Biden probably met with a Parkinson’s doctor because he was working on a bipartisan Parkinson’s research and treatment bill which he just signed into law.
It’s not a flashy, attention-grabbing bill. He’s been working on it quietly. But still… The rampant speculation, when he’s absolutely not showing the slightest signs of beginning Parkinson’s - let alone the advanced stages that would start to affect his mind - is disgusting.
Parkinson’s causes extremely well-known symptoms, tremors most notably. Parkinson’s dementia sometimes arises in advanced stages, long after tremors would have been constantly visible.
The chances he has Parkinson’s are incredibly slim.