Hillary Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia this Friday, which may have led to her feeling “overheated and dehydrated” at a 9/11 memorial event this Sunday, causing her to leave the event.
“Secretary Clinton has been experiencing a cough related to allergies. On Friday, during follow up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia,” Clinton’s doctor, Lisa Bardack, said in a statement.
“She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. While at this morning’s event, she became overheated and dehydrated. I have just examined her and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely.”
The incident sparked a wide array of speculation about the Democratic nominee’s health from both conservative and liberal websites.
While critiques of the campaign’s lack of transparency regarding her pneumonia diagnosis are valid, unfounded speculation about Clinton’s eligibility to be president dominated most of the media narrative.
Nevertheless, Clinton’s supporters are taking to Twitter to express their support, saying that her soldiering through the illness is a testament to her strength and toughness, while others say that a woman getting up and going to work despite being sick is nothing new.
To press lamenting @HillaryClinton's health/transparency: "powering through" illness is what women do: Stoically, every. single. day.
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) September 12, 2016
This is the first time Republicans have cared about a woman's health.
— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) September 11, 2016
It’s possible Hillary didn’t think to alert everyone to her illness b/c like most women since the dawn of time, she works when she’s sick.
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) September 11, 2016
Wait, so Hillary has PNEUMONIA and she's still campaigning as hard as she is? You realize how badass that is, right?
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) September 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/775121726388731904
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/775185837533253632
Cheney's bad heart, Bush 41 spewed, FDR had polio … but a lady gets the vapors & it's a crisis.@HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/KhV3kbaeZY
— Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) (@ColMorrisDavis) September 12, 2016
Antibiotics can cure pneumonia but they can't cure misogyny, racism, xenophobia, ignorance or wanting to bang your daughter. #HillarysHealth
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) September 12, 2016
At the very least, I'm far less concerned about Hillary Clinton's physical ailments than I am about Donald Trump's mental ones.
— maura quint (possibly parody sometimes depending) (@behindyourback) September 11, 2016
[HuffPo]
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