Weenie. I’ve never gone to a hospital because of flu-like symptoms I just tough it out. Like a man.
It’s possible “flu-like symptoms” are a euphemism for diarrhea; he may have been admitted for dehydration and much needed iv fluids.
I doubt this is because he is a sissy. Influenza can go into pneumonia quickly when you’ve had cancer, because your immune system never fully recovers.
Since Rudy has had cancer, and it is in remission, getting the flu OR having flu-like symptoms can be serious. My mom had to judiciously guard her health after breast and lung cancer.
Who know...it could be something more significant?
“Could pacifists exist if there weren’t people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?”
Now I don’t know how long you’ve been patiently waiting for an answer to your question, but I thought I would go ahead and help you out.
No. ;>)
I think once you’ve had a major illness, you get nervous a bit more easily. In all fairness to Rudy.
Who knows, maybe it was worse than they say.
Not to pile on... but with the intense schedule and long days ahead, if he's in any way dehydrated it simply makes sense to go to the hospital. He's in no position to take a few days off at this point in the campaign. (Not that I'd mind, of course...)
I'd re-think that if I were you. In recent years there have been epidemics of illnesses with flu-like symptoms resulting in a high mortality rate. They are called flu-like because they can't be readily diagnosed and can be much more serious than your average flu. Usually the very young and older folks who have under-developed immune systems or weak immune systems, as in the case of older folks comprise the bulk of the mortality stat.
Been there, done that.
>>Weenie. I’ve never gone to a hospital because of flu-like symptoms I just tough it out. Like a man.<<
I never have either. But when we were discussing the flu vaccine last week I looked up flu deaths and it turns out 36,000 people a year die from flu complications in the U.S. - so at some point, one ought to go to the hospital, if its bad enough.
Do high-powered people often go in for immediate treatment lest they lose valuable time? I miss a few days at work, I lose a few hundreds of bucks. If Super Powerbroker misses a few days, he loses tens of thousands.
“Weenie. I’ve never gone to a hospital because of flu-like symptoms I just tough it out. Like a man.”
You are so naive as to think his campaign simply told the truth about his symptoms, in great detail, given the fact he is one of several possible serious contenders to be the next president of the country? Have you thought through your viewpoint in any detail, ‘like a man?’
I have no idea why he turned his plane around, but I certainly don’t believe his campaign’s comments on the issue, and hope most freepers have the brains to realize his own campaign will try creative ice product vendoring before admitting what real symptoms the guy had.