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"...a later entrant in the armchair diagnosis field, Dr. Ted Noel of Orlando, Florida, said he could prove via cherry-picked news articles, photos, and video clips of the candidate that she likely suffers from Parkinson's disease. Noel's 16-minute video, titled "Hillary Clinton's Illness Revealed," starts with this disclaimer: I am a medical doctor with 36 years of experience, but I am not Hillary Clinton's treating physician, so I can't claim that what I'm about to tell you is a conclusive diagnosis.
Nevertheless, at the end of a litany of hearsay, conjecture, and conspiracy theories Noel states, flat out: "Hillary Clinton has advanced Parkinson's disease."
We'll examine some of his evidence and arguments momentarily, but first, here's what we know about Dr. Ted Noel himself:
1. Dr. Ted Noel is a board-certified physician with 36 years of experience — as an anesthesiologist
That doesn't mean he's incapable of recognizing symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but consider this: If your primary care doctor suspected you had Parkinson's and wished to refer you to a specialist to confirm the diagnosis, it would be to a neurologist, not an anesthesiologist.
2. Dr. Noel has never conducted a medical examination of the patient (Hillary Clinton) he purports to diagnose.
How accurate and reliable can such a medical diagnosis be? As we noted in the case of Dr. Drew Pinsky above, most medical professionals consider this inappropriate behavior on the part of a physician, if not downright unethical. Would you accept a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease on the basis of a few minutes of video watched by a doctor you've never met?
3. Dr. Noel's assessment of Clinton is neither objective nor impartial
In fact, Noel's assessment is nakedly partisan in intent, despite this feigned disavowal that he makes toward the end of the video: "Let us not confuse medical and political issues here. I'm firmly opposed to Hillary Clinton on political and moral grounds, but this discussion has been about her medical condition."
That's after Noel has described Clinton as "a politician who lies about everything," and after he has made this statement about her "medical" condition: "Our president must always be strong and clear-headed. If she is not doing the job, then who will? Will it be Huma Abedin, who has been associated with Muslim causes and directly involved in the Clinton Foundation corruption? Will it be Bill Clinton, who is at the center of the Clinton Foundation corruption? ... Or will Vice President Tim Kaine take over? Of course, then the Clintons would lose their juice."
What is the above, if not precisely "confusing medical and political issues"?
4. Noel is a conspiracy theorist
We're not just throwing that out as a dismissive epithet; we mean he is a conspiracy theorist. The fundamental premise of this video is that Hillary Clinton and everyone around her — her doctor, her family and friends, the inner circle of her campaign, and the Democratic National Committee — know full well that she (supposedly) has an incapacitating disease and are willfully concealing that fact from the public to gain power.
Let's move on to consider the "evidence" Dr. Ted Noel uses to support his claim that Hillary Clinton has Parkinson's disease.
The Secret Service whistleblower
According to a conspiracy web site, an unnamed Secret Service whistleblower revealed that Clinton has Parkinson's. Note well, however, Noel is here citing a secondhand report from a single, unnamed source published on the Alex Jones web site Infowars.com, which at one time or another has pushed every conspiracy theory known to humankind, from allegations that President George W. Bush authorized the 9/11 attacks (which, by the way, weren't really "attacks" according to this site, but rather "controlled demolitions") to the claim that President Barack Obama forged his own birth certificate.
The Wikileaks e-mail
Noel says WikiLeaks released U.S. State Department e-mails which show that Clinton asked aides to research new Parkinson's disease drugs. Not true. Among the messages WikiLeaks released was one e-mail received by Clinton that contained information about Provigil...
In closing, we wish to make it clear what our aim has been in this analysis. We have not tried to make the case that Hillary Clinton does not have Parkinson's disease (in point of fact, we don't think that case even needs making). Rather, we have shown that what Ted Noel did in this video is systematically misrepresent perfectly ordinary and explicable phenomena as "Parkinson's disease symptoms," and his motivation for doing so was purely political.
(More at link)
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-has-parkinsons-disease/
Nevertheless, at the end of a litany of hearsay, conjecture, and conspiracy theories Noel states, flat out: "Hillary Clinton has advanced Parkinson's disease."
We'll examine some of his evidence and arguments momentarily, but first, here's what we know about Dr. Ted Noel himself:
1. Dr. Ted Noel is a board-certified physician with 36 years of experience — as an anesthesiologist
That doesn't mean he's incapable of recognizing symptoms of Parkinson's disease, but consider this: If your primary care doctor suspected you had Parkinson's and wished to refer you to a specialist to confirm the diagnosis, it would be to a neurologist, not an anesthesiologist.
2. Dr. Noel has never conducted a medical examination of the patient (Hillary Clinton) he purports to diagnose.
How accurate and reliable can such a medical diagnosis be? As we noted in the case of Dr. Drew Pinsky above, most medical professionals consider this inappropriate behavior on the part of a physician, if not downright unethical. Would you accept a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease on the basis of a few minutes of video watched by a doctor you've never met?
3. Dr. Noel's assessment of Clinton is neither objective nor impartial
In fact, Noel's assessment is nakedly partisan in intent, despite this feigned disavowal that he makes toward the end of the video: "Let us not confuse medical and political issues here. I'm firmly opposed to Hillary Clinton on political and moral grounds, but this discussion has been about her medical condition."
That's after Noel has described Clinton as "a politician who lies about everything," and after he has made this statement about her "medical" condition: "Our president must always be strong and clear-headed. If she is not doing the job, then who will? Will it be Huma Abedin, who has been associated with Muslim causes and directly involved in the Clinton Foundation corruption? Will it be Bill Clinton, who is at the center of the Clinton Foundation corruption? ... Or will Vice President Tim Kaine take over? Of course, then the Clintons would lose their juice."
What is the above, if not precisely "confusing medical and political issues"?
4. Noel is a conspiracy theorist
We're not just throwing that out as a dismissive epithet; we mean he is a conspiracy theorist. The fundamental premise of this video is that Hillary Clinton and everyone around her — her doctor, her family and friends, the inner circle of her campaign, and the Democratic National Committee — know full well that she (supposedly) has an incapacitating disease and are willfully concealing that fact from the public to gain power.
Let's move on to consider the "evidence" Dr. Ted Noel uses to support his claim that Hillary Clinton has Parkinson's disease.
The Secret Service whistleblower
According to a conspiracy web site, an unnamed Secret Service whistleblower revealed that Clinton has Parkinson's. Note well, however, Noel is here citing a secondhand report from a single, unnamed source published on the Alex Jones web site Infowars.com, which at one time or another has pushed every conspiracy theory known to humankind, from allegations that President George W. Bush authorized the 9/11 attacks (which, by the way, weren't really "attacks" according to this site, but rather "controlled demolitions") to the claim that President Barack Obama forged his own birth certificate.
The Wikileaks e-mail
Noel says WikiLeaks released U.S. State Department e-mails which show that Clinton asked aides to research new Parkinson's disease drugs. Not true. Among the messages WikiLeaks released was one e-mail received by Clinton that contained information about Provigil...
In closing, we wish to make it clear what our aim has been in this analysis. We have not tried to make the case that Hillary Clinton does not have Parkinson's disease (in point of fact, we don't think that case even needs making). Rather, we have shown that what Ted Noel did in this video is systematically misrepresent perfectly ordinary and explicable phenomena as "Parkinson's disease symptoms," and his motivation for doing so was purely political.
(More at link)
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-has-parkinsons-disease/
