AAPS Doctors Run Survey On Hillary Clinton's Health (prnewswire.com) 629
schwit1 PR Newswire: Concerns about Hillary Clinton's health are "serious -- could be disqualifying for the position of President of the U.S.," say nearly 71% of 250 physicians responding to an informal internet survey by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). About 20% said concerns were "likely overblown, but should be addressed as by full release of medical records." Only 2.7% responded that they were "just a political attack; I have confidence in the letter from her physician and see no cause for concern." While more than 81% were aware of her history of a concussion, only 59% were aware of the cerebral sinus thrombosis, and 52% of the history of deep venous thrombosis. More than 78% said the health concerns had received "not enough emphasis" in the media, and only 2.7% that there had been "too much emphasis." Nearly two-thirds said that a physician who had a concern about a candidate's fitness to serve for health reasons should "make the concerns known to the public." Only 11% said a physician should "keep silent unless he had personally examined the patient," and 10% that the candidate's health was "off limits for public discussion." A poll of 833 randomly selected registered voters by Gravis Marketing showed that nearly half (49%) were not aware of the "well documented major health issues that Hillary Clinton has." Nearly three-fourths (74%) were unaware of Bill Clinton's statement that Hillary suffered a "terrible" concussion requiring "six months of very serious work to get over." The majority (57%) thought that candidates should release their medical records.
SHUTUP PUTIN! (Score:5, Funny)
Damn Russkie Republicans trying to lie about Hillary!
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Re:SHUTUP PUTIN! (Score:5, Interesting)
You mean you don't trust a neocon "physicians" group? Here is what AAPS is:
"The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine"
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Is your doctor a member?
Are membership lists public?
How would you know?
Re:SHUTUP PUTIN! (Score:5, Insightful)
You know, the Democrats want access to your medical records so that they can keep you from buying a gun. If you are fine with that then what's the problem with putting Clinton's medical records on display? I seem to vaguely recall the occasional physical of presidents being a minor news item. You want these people to expose themselves for financial reasons, why not medical?
Re:SHUTUP PUTIN! (Score:5, Funny)
You want these people to expose themselves for financial reasons, why not medical?
I for one have no interest in seeing either candidate expose themselves. Even if it is for medical reasons.
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After thinking about it...I think I"d rather have medical records over tax records.
I guess having both are better, but I think the medical records would be more directly applicable to qualifications as US President than tax records...?
Re: SHUTUP PUTIN! (Score:3)
3 full terms; he died in his 4th. Anyways if you want a precedent on this, here's a much better (and legally binding) one:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik... [wikipedia.org]
As much as I don't like Hillary, I think the Goldwater case applies and doctors shouldn't be commenting on her fitness without two conditions being met:
1) The doctor has personally evaluated her, and
2) She has waived her doctor-patient confidentiality privilege.
This should apply in any situation for any patient as a universal rule.
Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Insightful)
Without actually examining her, how much faith can we put in their opinions?
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Informative)
"The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine"
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You mean you dont trust a neocon "physicians" group?
Be that what it may; but if we should be worried about the health of Ms Clinton because of these relatively common ailments, why was it not disqualifying that Reagan kept getting skin cancer? And if I remember correctly, he also, allegedly, suffered from Alzheimers. I think at some level we all know why: the people that attack Clinton, don't really care about the truth of their attacks, they just hope that if they make enough noise, then people will think there is a real problem. There is something deeply o
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Informative)
I don't think there was much concern about Reagan having Alzheimers while he was president, and making decisions as president.
Also, can anybody look at Hillary Clinton's behavior in the past year and honestly say she doesn't appear unhealthy? I just don't know of any other people in the media spotlight or candidates for office I've seen who go on 2 minute coughing fits multiple times, or who need a stool while they're on stage.
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>I just don't know of any other people in the media spotlight or candidates for office I've seen who go on 2 minute coughing fits multiple times, or who need a stool while they're on stage.
It happened to Newt Gingrich while he was criticizing Hillary for coughing. Newt claimed that it was from speaking and travelling so much. Honestly, as much as I disagree with Mr. Gingrich, I believe him. And, guess who else has been travelling a lot and speaking a lot? Hillary.
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I don't think there was much concern about Reagan having Alzheimers while he was president, and making decisions as president.
Also, can anybody look at Hillary Clinton's behavior in the past year and honestly say she doesn't appear unhealthy?
Yup! Me! I don't see any reason to think she's unhealthy.
I just don't know of any other people in the media spotlight or candidates for office I've seen who go on 2 minute coughing fits multiple times
Maybe she had a dry throat from talking all day, maybe she had a cold.
or who need a stool while they're on stage.
She's 69 years old.
I don't care if she needs a stool, I'm pretty sure the oval office has a nice chair. Heck, FDR needed a wheelchair and he was up to the job.
But I'll be sure to scratch her name from the 2020 Olympic team.
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But it's happened like four or five times now. If it were just a one-time event I could blame it on dust but not four or five times. Also the stool, and the head-bob seizure things that look an awful lot like TIAs. I don't see how one can look at all of that and say "nope nope nope, nothing to see here, picture of health!" She's clearly got problems.
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But it's happened like four or five times now. If it were just a one-time event I could blame it on dust but not four or five times. Also the stool, and the head-bob seizure things that look an awful lot like TIAs. I don't see how one can look at all of that and say "nope nope nope, nothing to see here, picture of health!" She's clearly got problems.
Bull%^$%&
So, the coughing has happened 4 or 5 times over 5 to 6 months of speeches and constant video coverage. Yep, that's a lot all right... As for the "head bob", it was nothing more than her shaking her head in disbelief or humor. It only looks awkward because of the camera angle.
But hey, the facts just don't fit the conspiracy theory, so lets just ignore them....
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Is there anyone else who's had months of constant video coverage and gone into coughing fits? Any other candidate for major office, ever?
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Insightful)
My only beef with Clinton comes down to her *willful* flaunting of the law about State documents and email on a private server.
That. Is. Not. Okay.
The classification of the material is actually irrelevant, the law is crystal clear and she violated it. Those e-mails have to be audit-able. I get that the state dept servers blow chunks, and that realistically you have to work around them, so set up a parallel server on *government* machines that you can use. That way they are still part of the audit and backup process.
She'll be another Nixon. Willing to flagrantly delete evidence rather than not doing things that are really bad in the first place.
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Uh, didn't you hear her softball answer on NBC? She had a second secure account. She accessed it under a cone of s 'those little booths'.
Which means that the FOIA should be able to not only find the account but print some e-mails from it.
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Democrats in 2008 made similar cause with McCain's health and ability to stay alive during even one term, let alone two. Democrats need to start owning their shit.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Insightful)
Trump is two years older than HRC.
Also, have you looked at Trump's waistline? The suits hide a lot of it, but it seems quite unhealthy to me.
Trump also sat for the entire CiC interview while Hillary stood during various portions of it.
And Hillary has released a professional statement from her doctor while Trump's doctor released a statement that sounded like it was written for Kim Jung Un.
John McCain (Score:3, Informative)
hmmm... sounds Familiar [usnews.com]
Where have I read about this kind of thing before [malialitman.com]
In fact, even the big dogs in the press admit they've gone down this road before [washingtonpost.com]. Of course, they claim "it's different".
In the past, the media just went Full Stupid [go.com] about McCain and his health issues.
I guess the difference is McCain released all his records and we knew what he faced health-wise. Will Hillary show the same courage?
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.aapsonline.org/inde... [aapsonline.org]
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Informative)
A sample from the diatribe:
"A frontal system with very low pressure blowing in from the Midwest has installed a radical leftist ruling cabal in the White House. This junta is increasingly totalitarian, and has infiltrated all parts of the Executive Branch, including the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, the Environmental Protection Agency (which was already a hotbed of Marxism), and increasingly, the Judicial Branch. This cabal has intentionally set out to destroy the U.S. Treasury through outrageous deficit spending, massive redistribution of wealth, punitive taxation, unhindered expansion of the regulatory state, nationalization of industries, and finally, the passage of a leviathan entitlement known as “ObamaCare.” The President, acting more like the late Hugo Chavez every day, ignores Congress and the will of the people. He fails to enforce laws he doesn’t like, rewrites laws to suit his political fancy, and creates new laws with executive orders and memoranda."
Definitely an unbiased source there.
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Well, he's not wrong.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Funny)
You'd think that, but they've developed a bad case of stockholm syndrome since he won the primary.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Funny)
Are you sure you can make that kind of diagnosis without the proper medical records?
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Insightful)
Neocons *DO* hate Trump. Almost as much as they hate Cruz.
But this is so easily forgotten. Trump should be polling about 12%, but his appeal isn't to Republicans or Democrats. It's to Americans, like cabbies, baristas, janitorial staff, working stiff, the like.
Sure, his glad handing and big smiles to the 'little people' is part corporate charm and part smarm, and calculated to some extent to further his corporate goals, but here's what Trump is that no one but Trumpies want to admit - he's successful, in large part, because he knows what to sell, how to sell, and how to get it done.
In this season, I take the huckster rather than the crook. The huckster, sure, will make sure he gets paid in the end, and I'm likely to get something. The crook will strip me bare and is followed by vultures to pick my bones clean.
All politicians lie, they must, for none of them can accomplish what they claim to want without cooperation somewhere. Politics is all a scratch and dent sale. Give me one that works, and I can forgive the dents.
And yes, Hillary is a crook with a long history of lying, illegal activity, and corruption. The facts are plain. Her tenure on the Watergate Commission was not an aberration, it was a preface to her life. Trump, being a real estate developer, has done some shady things. Who among us is without sin? Who will cast the first stone, and not be a hypocrite?
But vote your conscience. It's all you can honestly do.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Insightful)
Trump is a crook with a long history of lying, illegal activity, and corruption. Real corruption too, not just accusations flung repeatedly until something sticks. And he's the one with the well documented history of stealing people's money and leaving them with nothing. I can understand why Trump projects his flaws onto Clinton, but I'm not sure what other people get out of it.
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Hillary is a crook with a long history of lying, illegal activity, and corruption.
And Trump has been documented to lie many times over the course of a week, advocates for war crimes, and admits he plays a part of the corruption in the political system (plus he was recently fined by the IRS after bribing a judge). If you're looking for the cleaner candidate, you won't find it in Trump.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Insightful)
That's the thing about Trump, I'm not so sure he's as much a liar as a fantasist. He's so enveloped in his own idolatry, he really believes in what he says - even if it's completely contradictory to whatever he said 5 minutes previous. He's got his own Ministry of Truth constantly churning away in his head.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Interesting)
he's successful, in large part, because he knows what to sell, how to sell, and how to get it done.
He's "successful" because he started out with an enormous pile of money and hasn't burned through it all yet. If he had stuck it in an index fund and done nothing at all creative with it, he'd have seen better returns than any of his actual endeavors.
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The point of the 'stick it in an index fund' comparison is that that kind of investment reflects the average kind of return that other players in the market manage to make on average, and if your own investing activity doesn't even beat that, then you're hardly some kind of genius business paragon, because you're not even doing as well as the average business, as if you had let average businesses use your money instead they would have done more with it than you managed.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Insightful)
but even if he (Trump) doesn't go senile in office,
Why wait to worry about that. He (conveniently) can't remember saying things that are -- literally -- on video tape *now* -- like supporting the war in Iraq (video w/Howard Stern) and military intervention in Libya (video w/Matt Lauer). Though, to be fair, even Matt Lauer didn't remember Trump supporting the latter, despite The Daily Show Uncovers Video with Trump Telling Lauer He Supports War on Libya [grabien.com]
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Informative)
250 physicians responding to an informal internet survey
Only 2.7% responded that they were "just a political attack;
only 2.7% that there had been "too much emphasis."
6/250 corresponds to 2,4%
7/250 corresponds to 2,8%
Are the opinions even real, or are the results doctored ?
informal internet survey
On the Slashdot polls of old, there was a mention that if you were taking the results seriously you were crazy. Applies just as well here.
Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Funny)
I saw what you did there
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Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:5, Insightful)
even if 99% of them are fake
Getting your government buddies in the FBI and attorney general's office to look the other way doesn't mean the scandal is fake. It just means you're too well connected to be prosecuted for your crime.
What? You don't like Trump's new campaign manager? (Score:3)
Why, it's only the guy who founded Citizen's United, bringing about the world of "Superpacks" - over an anti-Hillary "documentary".
Hey... remember that time he tried framing Bill Clinton for murder? [youtube.com]
That's your world now, at least until elections.
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Re:Clickbait troll much? (Score:4, Insightful)
That's exactly correct: no merit whatsoever.
From the description given (especially considering the lack of information about the "squealing noise"), you wouldn't have any evidence indicating whether the failure is a jammed fan, POST failure, PSU failure, bad electrical supply, or a rodent living inside. Some of those can be repaired, and some can not. Some are a threat to the computer's continued operation, and some are easily mitigated.
Mastering a subject means you know what's reasonable. I wouldn't expect to see a bad electrical supply in the United States. On the other hand, it also means you know what's possible... on aircraft and military systems, 400Hz is not uncommon, and can cause some PSUs to fail in exciting ways. If you are claiming to be an expert in computer repair, you should follow up his description with several questions to ascertain precisely what symptoms are presented, rather than jumping to a conclusion to appear helpful. Unless this "someone" can provide the level of detail necessary for an accurate diagnosis, a direct evaluation is absolutely necessary.
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Disgraceful (Score:5, Insightful)
This has no place on slashdot. It is extremely offensive to the memory of a once fantastic tech site.
Re:Disgraceful (Score:4, Funny)
This has no place on slashdot. It is extremely offensive to the memory of a once fantastic tech site.
Slashdot Editors' Health Concerns Serious, Say Most Commenters in Slashdot Poll.
85.3% think frequent dupes evidence of Alzheimer's.
92.12343% consider recent story selection the result of brain damage from a serious concussion.
5% think editors really born in CowboyNealistan, demand to see birth certificates.
Re:Disgraceful (Score:5, Funny)
RIP Slashdot
Slashdot died years ago. This is the Slashdot Zombie Post Apocalypse. . .
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> Slashdot Zombie Post Apocalypse
I see what you did there.
Re: Disgraceful (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Disgraceful - mod parent up (Score:3)
Agree completely. Only a matter of time until /. is only valuable as a domain name, and someone buys it to redirect to CNET.
Look at the source (Score:5, Informative)
Look at the source. This groups says HIV isn't the cause of AIDS. This group says being gay itself shortens life expectancy. I am in no way a Hillary fan, in fact the thought of either of these two running the country makes me say, however this group is a joke and this stance matches every other hard right stance they take.
This is damn near more a political group than a true medical group anyone should listen to.
Re:Look at the source (Score:5, Informative)
Even if we reject the "politically conservative" categorisation, I'd say that quoted aim casts doubt on their neutrality here.
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With 5000 members, I'm thinking maybe I should make sure any doctors I see aren't affiliated with this group. I wonder if their membership list is public.
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what's the medical equivalent of 'hearsay' (Score:5, Insightful)
I would have hoped "keep silent unless he had personally examined the patient" would have gotten a higher percentage of the response
Re:what's the medical equivalent of 'hearsay' (Score:5, Informative)
Non Partisan my Ass (Score:5, Informative)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
"The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine"
Says all you need to know about them.
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That, and:
Now that's just scary!
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"and that there are links between autism and vaccinations"
Woops, that's a Leftie stand. How did that happen?
This is why psychiatrists are not allowed to comme (Score:5, Informative)
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This is why psychiatrists/psychologists are not allowed to comment on the health of people who are not directly under their care. If you don't know what is going, you can't make a reasonable assessment of the subject's health. Doctors who have not reviewed the patient's medical file and made an examination of the subject should shut up because they do not have all of the information needed to make an accurate assessment.
This does not dismiss the one thing that needs to happen; release the medical records. That is a way that any qualified MD can make at least an initial assessment of someone's health and formulate and educated opinion, particularly in recommending her capability to hold a demanding job for the next four years. THAT is what is truly in question here; her capability to do an important job for quite a long time.
If she had merely caught the common cold 12 times in the last 2 years, I could understand people de
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This is why psychiatrists/psychologists are not allowed to comment on the health of people who are not directly under their care. If you don't know what is going, you can't make a reasonable assessment of the subject's health. Doctors who have not reviewed the patient's medical file and made an examination of the subject should shut up because they do not have all of the information needed to make an accurate assessment.
This does not dismiss the one thing that needs to happen; release the medical records. That is a way that any qualified MD can make at least an initial assessment of someone's health and formulate and educated opinion, particularly in recommending her capability to hold a demanding job for the next four years. THAT is what is truly in question here; her capability to do an important job for quite a long time.
If she had merely caught the common cold 12 times in the last 2 years, I could understand people demanding only an opinion from someone who has directly examined her. However, that is far from reality, even with her medical history remaining somewhat private.
I say she should agree to release her medical records when Trump agrees to release his tax returns. Fair trade, right?
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And if she "needs to" release her records then trump needs to do the same. He is older, and a man so has a shorter life expectancy than her. He is fat as a cow, gets very little exercise, so may well be diabetic and the only thing his quack of a doctor released was a fluff statement that he was healthiest man ever to run. Don't forget trump was also so unhealthy as a young man that he got 2 or 3 medical deferments. So I would expect him to be in poor health as an adult if he was in such poor condition when
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WTF kind of garbage post is this? (Score:5, Insightful)
I get that this is in the Politics section, but really? PRNewswire? On an Internet poll run by an organization no one's ever heard of?
Sheesh.
Do editors even bother anymore? (Score:5, Informative)
Do slashdot editors even bother checking sources? Or have this site finally found found its place among tabloids? LMGTFY - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons ("The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine."[1][2] The group was reported to have approximately 4,000 members in 2005, and 5,000 in 2014....The association is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative, and its publication advocates a range of scientifically discredited theories, including the belief that HIV does not cause AIDS, that being gay reduces life expectancy, that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer, and that there are links between autism and vaccinations."
I do find it interesting that even these shills were only able to muster 250 out of 5000 members to sign this crap. I guess even in that group 95% are not willing to completely disavow their responsibility as doctors. In that they are already better humans than whatever slashdot editor that posted this.
Completely unreliable poll format (Score:5, Insightful)
"...responding to an informal internet survey"
That pretty much says it right there. The numbers in this survey can be given about zero credence. There is no sign of vetting of the responders (are they even really MD's?), no pretense at a representative sample, and no sign that there was any attempt at all to prevent ballot stuffing.
There were also no questions concerning Donald Trump's health, which makes me think that this group is partisan and has an axe to grind.
Editors, can we please not publish click-bait non-news like this? I'd like to downvote the whole damn story.
Nothing to See Here (Score:2)
Nothing wrong with Hillary that can't be fixed by more RAM and a firrmware upgrade.
aaps (Score:5, Informative)
That doesn't make them wrong, but I'd like to see more on their methodology; how many of the physicians didn't respond to the poll? How did they select respondents? Was it random, or was it based on membership in their organization?
Incidentally, Open Secrets shows that AAPS only donates to Republicans [opensecrets.org] (unless they have some kind of sub-lobbying group or something).
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That doesn't make them wrong, but I'd like to see more on their methodology; how many of the physicians didn't respond to the poll? How did they select respondents? Was it random, or was it based on membership in their organization?
That you are asking these questions means that you are not part of the target audience. They don't offer that information because they are trying to make you think things.
Not a 'real' group. (Score:5, Informative)
There are countless faux doctor groups. This is one of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine."The group was reported to have approximately 4,000 members in 2005, and 5,000 in 2014. Notable members include Ron Paul and John Cooksey. Ron Paul's son, Rand Paul, was a member for over two decades until his election to the U.S. Senate.
In 2004, AAPS filed a brief on behalf of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal, opposing the seizure of his medical files in an investigation of drug charges for Limbaugh's alleged misuse of prescription drugs. The AAPS stated the seizure was a violation of state law and that 'It is not a crime for a patient to be in pain and repeatedly seek relief, and doctors should not be turned against patients they tried to help.'"
The next year, AAPS helped appeal the conviction of Virginia internist William Hurwitz, who was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for prescribing excessive quantities of narcotic drugs after 16 former patients testified against him. Hurwitz was granted a retrial in 2006, and his 25-year prison sentence was reduced to 4 years and 9 months.
The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons is not listed in academic literature databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed or the Web of Science. The quality and scientific validity of articles published in the Journal have been criticized by medical experts, and some of the political and scientific viewpoints advocated by AAPS are not held by mainstream scientists and other medical groups.
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I forgot to list their best of:
All you need to know about these dickheads: (Score:5, Informative)
"The association is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative, and its publication advocates a range of scientifically discredited theories, including the belief that HIV does not cause AIDS, that being gay reduces life expectancy, that there is a link between abortion and breast"cancer, and that there are links between autism and vaccinations."
Well that explains that.
Proof (Score:3)
Proving once again that rocket scientists are the smartest people in the room
False flag operation? (Score:2)
> Hillary suffered a "terrible" concussion requiring "six months of very serious work to get over."
So the very thing that would make us like a politician - overcoming adversity to rise again - is supposed to be a disqualification in this case?
That this comes from the AAPS is not at all surprising, but if anyone needed more ammunition to believe conservatives in the US are sexist, they're doing a fine job of providing it. Thanks, AAPS.
FUD at its finest (Score:5, Insightful)
What the hell is this crap and why is it on slashdot? When did slashdot turn into the Rush Limbaugh show? "Concerns" about Hillary's health are made up FUD by the right. Nothing more. Oooh, she got a concussion... (not) scary. Her health is certainly nothing worse than Dick Cheney's was. Ronald Reagan reputedly showed signs of dementia [go.com] while still in office.
This "survey" is funded by a conservative group which has nothing to do with the real practice of medicine and certainly no interest in actual scientific facts. I'm disappointed the slashdot editors posted this drivel.
Dear Editors (Score:2)
Why was this approved? (Score:5, Insightful)
a) nothing to do with slashdot's "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters".
b) blatantly partisan
c) questionable news source
Newsflash (Score:3)
Why can't we downvote or flag the topic? (Score:2)
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Yes, I've been wondering the same thing! Get this crap off the site!
Not that anyone will see this, but I'm done here. (Score:5, Insightful)
I've been a reader of Slashdot since before they even had user accounts, and if I had felt like making my first comment with an account sooner, would have easily landed a 4-digit UID. I have a couple thousand comments to my name (though not many over the past couple of years), excellent karma, and a long history on this site. I've always been impressed with the commenting/moderation system, which I think remains the site's biggest innovation/strength, and one that I wish more websites would use to get control of their comment sections.
But over the years, I've watched Slashdot become less and less interesting as the quality of stories has gotten lower and lower. But this is the last straw.
Rarely have I seen the commentariat completely united in pointing out that this story was a bad idea:
- It's purely political with zero tech content.
- It's a direct repost from PRNewsWire
- It's all about a pathetic self-selected internet survey
- It comes from a group so political, it might as well be called "Doctors Against Filthy Liberals"
The comments section of Slashdot can be lively and interesting, but only if the editors pick something other than pathetic troll-bait to get the discussion going, and they've fallen down on that job horribly. Rob & co. knew how to get a discussion going; the latest bunch alternate between click-bait and the most abstruse and boring tech stories they can find.
After nearly 20 years with Slashdot, I'm done. I'm deleting the Slashdot feed from my RSS reader, and I guess it'll go on (or not) without me.
Get a real doctor (Score:2)
This is the doctor that should examine Hillary:
https://www.washingtonpost.com... [washingtonpost.com]
https://heavyeditorial.files.w... [wordpress.com]
Welcome Back to DrudgeDot! (Score:2)
nearly 71% of 250 physicians responding to an informal internet survey
Now who would be most likely to answer such a survey? Related, who would consider 250 responses - when we have over 800,000 active physicians in this country [statista.com] to be significant?
As I've said before, there are plenty of problems with Hillary. Why go with these silly ones?
Old People (Score:2)
As you get old, you develop medical conditions. Both Trump and Clinton are older than the average main party candidate. Presidents aren't immune to aging- and *gasp* could die in office.
If that happens, that's why we have VP and a predetermined order of succession. When nominating a candidate, don't just look at the President, look at their Vice Presidential candidate too. In the case of the current Presidential candidates it might be extra-important; I don't think either are immune from being impeached
Conservative Non Profit (Score:3)
Not to say Wikipedia is an awesome source, but I admit I'm really not in the mood to dig up something more definitive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
SOURCE CHECK MISSING! (Score:3)
What kind of morons let this drivel pass? (Score:5, Insightful)
"The [Association of American Physicians and Surgeons] is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative, and its publication advocates a range of scientifically discredited hypotheses, including the belief that HIV does not cause AIDS, that being gay reduces life expectancy, that there is a link between abortion and breast cancer, and that there are links between autism and vaccinations".
Way to go. Slashdot has been reduced to giving anti-vaxxers and homophobes and fundamentalist nut cases an uncritical platform to publish propaganda about a presidential candidate.
Nice work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (Score:3)
This organization is hardly impartial. It's a conservative organization that was originally formed in the 1940's to fight "socialized medicine". It takes a number of decidedly off-beat positions, including that HIV doesn't cause AIDS, that human activity doesn't contribute to climate change (what this has to do with medicine is beyond me), and so forth. See their Wikipedia entry. [wikipedia.org]
Now, having an opinion isn't grounds for not voicing one, but under the circumstances I think this is relevant information about this group.
Re: Could this be the way out? -No (Score:2)
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They are not getting Bernie out of his summer house. He knows better.
And if Hillary were to quit the race, it would be a feeding frenzy of wannbe candidates seemingly out of nowhere. Magnificent theatre. Buy extra popcorn.
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she's been having problems with siezures and freezing up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
No seizure in either of those. Other than that, well done. Turns out being a Drumpf fan makes you hallucinate seizures. Probably not that surprising.
Re:Give it up Trumpsters (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Give it up Trumpsters (Score:4, Funny)
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Since they already do, it's an easy promise.
You aware of the UCMJ?
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Men are just meant to lead, that's why we don't fall apart like women do.
50% of humanity are meant to lead, yeah? I'm sorry, but "fucking stupid" is the only description that fits.
Is it just that your mind can't handle nuance? You think all men are the same? You think all women are the same?
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Red Pill is leaking off of Reddit.