Do famous people always receive superior medical care? If this were a Trivial Pursuit question, the answer would be a big “Yes”. After all, they’re famous and have the money to demand the best medical treatment. But has fame and fortune guaranteed that Clinton has been given the best advice to treat pneumonia? This week I encountered several surprises.
The first surprise was that Hillary Clinton, at age 68, hadn’t collapsed earlier from this disease. Or that Donald Trump, age 70 and overweight, hasn’t as yet collapsed from coronary attack. The grueling U.S. election campaign is not designed for seniors, so something medical is bound to happen eventually. It occurred this past week.
What else amazed me? Everything I read in the media indicated that Hillary Clinton was being treated with antibiotics. I’m sure readers would say, “What’s wrong with antibiotics?” But pneumonia can be caused by either a bacterial or viral infection, and antibiotics have no effect on viral infections.
