Congress pharmacist hints some members have Alzheimers, backpedals furiously

[Jimbo101]

ARS Technica

Mike Kim, the reserved pharmacist-turned-owner of the pharmacy, said he has gotten used to knowing the most sensitive details about some of the most famous people in Washington.

“At first it’s cool, and then you realize, I’m filling some drugs that are for some pretty serious health problems as well. And these are the people that are running the country,” Kim said, listing treatments for conditions like diabetes and Alzheimer’s.

“It makes you kind of sit back and say, ‘Wow, they’re making the highest laws of the land and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.’”

[Orrex]

1. If there is a reasonable potential that Congresspersons' faculties will be compromised...

then the public's right to know supersedes claims of privacy, in much the same way that we would have the right to know if an airline pilot suffers from a poorly controlled seizure disorder, or my surgeon suffers from dementia.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. That would explain a LOT if true.

I know that there were some weird things that happened with McCain during some hearings a few months ago. And of course, Trump

[Amishman]

3. Hard to say alzheimers or cancer related, but McCain's brain is no longer functional

And I bet he has company