By NYAH TENNELL<\/p>\n
In light of Hillary Clinton\u2019s recent health scare at the 9\/11 Memorial site’s 15-year observation, there has been increased pressure on the presidential nominees to release their medical records.<\/p>\n
In an effort to promote the transparency both candidates speak so frequently on, both Donald Trump and Clinton have both made some degree\u00a0of information regarding their health public.<\/span><\/p>\n While it is interesting to note Trump\u2019s slight battle with obesity and his genetic link to Alzheimer’s<\/a>, and Hillary\u2019s bout of pneumonia and previous blood clots;<\/a> elected official or not, would you want your medical records made public for the world to judge?<\/p>\n Although the health and medical condition of our elected officials is essential in regards to their capacity to handle their position, it is similarly important to preserve their right to privacy and individual liberty as human beings and, despite their status, I believe matters of health are quite personal.<\/p>\n “Trump plays chicken on health records\u201d read the headline of the Sept. 15 Time<\/em> Magazine politics page.<\/a> While the headline mockingly accuses Trump of being scared to release the one-page medical report done by his physician, Harold Bornstein, Trump did in fact make his medical records public on Wednesday, Sept. 14 during a taping of “The Dr. Oz Show.”<\/p>\n The issue has now become the extent to which he has informed the public, as Trump’s one-page summary was not an extensive review of his health.<\/p>\n CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter and MJ Lee refer to Trump as a \u201cmaster showman,\u201d claiming that \u201cthe TV appearance gives the appearance of transparency, but the summary by Bornstein will fall far short of experts’ calls for detailed information about Trump’s health and medical history.\u201d<\/p>\n The New York Times<\/em> agreed, stating that \u201cthe information Mrs. Clinton has made public is more extensive than the details and assessments\u201d given by Trump\u2019s physician, Bornstein. Although Clinton\u2019s records can be deemed as more \u201cextensive\u201d, her physician, Lisa Bardack, failed to include basic information such as her weight and height.<\/p>\n CNN also refers to Bornstein as \u201chyperbolic,\u201d<\/a> in saying that, if elected, Trump would be the healthiest president in history and, according to The New York Times<\/em>, David Plouffe, a former senior adviser to President Obama, tweeted that the Republican nominee would rival William Howard Taft in terms of portliness.<\/p>\n While I am not a supporter of Donald Trump, nor his campaign or policies, I am a firm believer in morality and The Golden Rule. I don\u2019t think that is appropriate to weight-shame, and I think\u00a0we’ve witnessed a slight double standard; would Plouffe have made the comment if the Republican nominee was an obese woman?<\/p>\n I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n So, more importantly, Mr. Trump … where are your income tax records?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By NYAH TENNELL In light of Hillary Clinton\u2019s recent health scare at the 9\/11 Memorial site’s 15-year observation, there has been increased pressure on the presidential nominees to release their medical records. In an effort to promote the transparency both … Continue reading