Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler gave President Biden "four Pinocchios" for what he described as a "nonsensical" claim about Alzheimer's patients filling hospital beds in the not-too-distant future.
Last Thursday, Biden had sounded the alarm about Alzheimer's disease during a speech on the economy.
"You know, if we don’t do something about Alzheimer’s in America, every single, solitary hospital bed that exists in America—as the nurses can tell you—every single one will be occupied in the next 15 years with an Alzheimer’s patient—every one," Biden told the audience. ...
Kessler continued, "Biden wants to show that he considers combating Alzheimer’s and other diseases to be an important priority. That’s a laudable aspiration. But he shouldn’t gild the lily with figures that seem plucked from thin air—which might also explain why they change depending on the day. Contrary to his claim, our calculations show that in 2040 there would still be plenty of hospital beds even with the anticipated increase in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The president earns Four Pinocchios."
This marks Biden's fifth "Four Pinocchios" rating from the Washington Post fact-checker since taking office, three of which were falsehoods the president repeated about Georgia's election laws. ...
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Well HONESTLY....If anyone should know about dementia, if would be dementia Joe....but he forgot!
Last Thursday, Biden had sounded the alarm about Alzheimer's disease during a speech on the economy.
"You know, if we don’t do something about Alzheimer’s in America, every single, solitary hospital bed that exists in America—as the nurses can tell you—every single one will be occupied in the next 15 years with an Alzheimer’s patient—every one," Biden told the audience. ...
Kessler continued, "Biden wants to show that he considers combating Alzheimer’s and other diseases to be an important priority. That’s a laudable aspiration. But he shouldn’t gild the lily with figures that seem plucked from thin air—which might also explain why they change depending on the day. Contrary to his claim, our calculations show that in 2040 there would still be plenty of hospital beds even with the anticipated increase in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The president earns Four Pinocchios."
This marks Biden's fifth "Four Pinocchios" rating from the Washington Post fact-checker since taking office, three of which were falsehoods the president repeated about Georgia's election laws. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Well HONESTLY....If anyone should know about dementia, if would be dementia Joe....but he forgot!
