Clinton was at home in Chappaqua, New York for a third straight day Wednesday, recovering from a health scare that has rocked her bid to become America’s first woman president.
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While Trump’s proposals have grown more detailed in recent weeks, throughout most of his campaign he mocked Clinton for putting out so many proposals – while his aides derided reporters for pressing for specifics, insisting that voters didn’t care.
In a not-so-subtle slap at Clinton, the Trump campaign said his medical report showed he “has the stamina to endure – uninterrupted – the rigors of a punishing and unprecedented presidential campaign and, more importantly, the singularly demanding job of president of the United States”.
“My overall impression is that Mrs. Clinton has remained healthy and has not developed new medical conditions this year other than a sinus and ear infection and her recently diagnosed pneumonia”, Bardack wrote in a letter released to the media. In addition, it was written that Clinton’s condition is not contagious and that she is expected to make a full recovery after 10 days of antibiotics.
A tube was placed in Clinton’s left ear in January 2016 and a March 2016 CT scan showed no abnormalities of the brain and mild chronic sinusitis, she said.
According to her doctor, Clinton has received two vaccinations against pneumonia – Prevnar and Pneumovax – although it is not clear when she received those vaccinations.
Facing criticism for her lack of transparency, Clinton has promised to release additional medical records.
After the Democratic presidential candidate nearly collapsed as she was leaving a memorial service for the September 11 victims, Clinton’s personal doctor issued a statement yesterday evening (Wednesday) about her patient’s health.
Clinton also plunged with 18 to 34 year old voters. Her total cholesterol was 189; her LDL or “bad” cholesterol was 103, and her HDL or “good” cholesterol was 56 – all within healthy levels and not signaling the need for any medications.
Her campaign, however, blamed the incident on Clinton simply feeling “overheated”. Clinton takes medication for an under active thyroid, which has been stable for years, Clarinex for her allergies, a vitamin B12 supplement and the blood thinner Coumadin following a 2012 blood clot in her head.
The former USA secretary of state fainted at a 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sunday and has since stayed home.
Clinton has spent the past three days out of the public eye, recuperating at her suburban NY home.
Bardack said she evaluated the Democratic nominee on September 2 for a low-grade fever, congestion and fatigue.
What has hurt Clinton, Shrum said, is not the time taken off from the campaign trail but rather her decision to keep her diagnosis secret until forced to disclose it – which reinforced a perception among voters that she has a penchant for secrecy.
“You think Hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this?”
Clinton running mate Tim Kaine also released a letter from his doctor, Brian Monahan, the attending physician of Congress.
It said Kaine is active in his work and physical fitness. He has never smoked and his alcohol use is “modest”. He’s 5-foot-9 and weighed almost 208 pounds during his last physical in February.
Trump says he, too, plans to release details from a recent physical, though it’s unclear when that will happen and how much information he will provide. Before releasing the new details to the public, Trump turned over a copy to Dr. Mehmet Oz while taping an episode of Oz’s TV show.
The show is due to air Thursday.
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“This is certainly not a release of medical records by any means”.
