Clinton’s doctor: candidate has pneumonia, “is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely”

[DonViejo]

Dr. Lisa Bardack, Hillary Clinton’s doctor and the head of internal medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, has examined the candidate.

Updated by Ezra Klein on September 11, 2016, 5:44 p.m. ET

Dr. Lisa Bardack, Hillary Clinton’s doctor and the head of internal medicine at Mount Sinai Health System, has examined the candidate and released a statement on her health in the aftermath of this morning’s fainting episode:

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Robert Costa ✔
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Statement from Sec. Clinton's doctor:

5:17 PM - 11 Sep 2016

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Will this quiet speculation about Clinton’s health, particularly amongst those who were certain the candidate was hiding a serious illness even before she exhibited symptoms? I doubt it. But this is, in part, what campaigns are for. Clinton and Trump have been following punishing schedules for well over a year now. If either of them was laboring under a serious illness, we would see a pattern of public fatigue, fainting spells, and canceled events. But we haven’t.

Back in April, I interviewed Clinton in Raleigh, North Carolina. The day was brutally hot. Before our conversation, Clinton gave a lengthy, high-energy economic speech to a crowd of 4,000. Within 10 minutes of finishing the speech, she was in a chair in front of me. After our 40-minute conversation — which, again, required her to put on her public face, keep her energy high, and talk almost nonstop — she immediately walked across the room to give an interview to a local Raleigh television station. After the two interviews, she spent 10 minutes glad-handing with the crew members.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/9/11/12882032/clinton-doctor-health

[JoePhilly]

1. The RW will masturbate itself into unconsciousness over this.

[RonniePudding]

4. Good

While they're doing that we can work on winning the election.

[vadermike]

2. And

The RW mastyrbated about everything , they are wrong as always

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Pneumonia is no joke--I hope she will modify her campaign schedule just a bit.

Slow down a little and rest more.

I would rather see less of her than see her run herself into the ground. I know she will recover..........it just takes a bit of time and judicious rest.

Let Bill or Tim be out on the hustings for a while.

[MH1]

5. At her age it is definitely no joke.

She needs to take her recovery very seriously. She should strictly limit her campaign appearances for the next few weeks (as per doctor's guidance, one would hope), so that she has maximum strength for the home stretch.