{"id":48934,"date":"2016-09-13T06:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T10:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=48934"},"modified":"2016-09-13T06:49:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T10:49:15","slug":"why-did-hillary-hug-a-child-while-suffering-from-pneumonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=48934","title":{"rendered":"Why did Hillary hug a child while suffering from pneumonia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Candidate embraced young girl despite having a contagious illness<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Hillary Clinton embraced a young child after leaving daughter&#8217;s apartment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia after collapsing at 9\/11 ceremony\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Pneumonia is spread from person-to-person when small droplets of water that contain the bacteria get into the air and people breathe them in<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong id=\"ext-gen136\">The 68-year-old was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday and given antibiotics but had become dehydrated at the event in New York<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"ext-gen135\" class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By THOMAS BURROWS and DANIEL BATES FOR MAILONLINE<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Hillary Clinton embraced a young child after leaving her daughter&#8217;s apartment &#8211; despite suffering from pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Democratic presidential candidate was diagnosed with the illness after she collapsed at an &#8216;incredibly stifling&#8217; 9\/11 ceremony in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pneumonia is a contagious illness that is spread from person-to-person when small droplets of water that contain the bacteria get into the air and people breathe them in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Those infected usually spread the disease by sneezing while in close contact with others, who then breathe in the bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University, said: &#8216;Candidates are constantly out in enclosed spaces, face to face with myriads of people. It&#8217;s an ideal opportunity for the transmission of a respiratory virus.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6df46d6f2918bd66\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/12\/13\/3837A37F00000578-3785333-image-m-22_1473681662121.jpg\" alt=\"Hillary Clinton was spotted bending down and speaking to the child after leaving her daughter's apartment yesterday\u00a0\" width=\"634\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-1\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Hillary Clinton was spotted bending down and speaking to the child after leaving her daughter&#8217;s apartment yesterday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1bab2cb409769715\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/12\/13\/3837A37200000578-3785333-image-m-24_1473681703221.jpg\" alt=\"Clinton has cancelled a trip to California to attend fundraising events after it emerged the Democratic presidential nominee has pneumonia and been advised to rest by her doctor\" width=\"634\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-2\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Clinton has cancelled a trip to California to attend fundraising events after it emerged the Democratic presidential nominee has pneumonia and been advised to rest by her doctor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f52f3897cbd03bce\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/12\/13\/3837A36E00000578-3785333-Clinton_left_her_daughter_s_apartment_at_about_11_45am_smiling_a-m-26_1473681820168.jpg\" alt=\"Clinton left her daughter\u2019s apartment at about 11.45am, smiling and waving to a scrum of cameras and posing for a picture with a young girl before stepping into a campaign vehicle\" width=\"634\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-3\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Clinton left her daughter&#8217;s apartment at about 11.45am, smiling and waving to a scrum of cameras and posing for a picture with a young girl before stepping into a campaign vehicle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-34ae782df3233f82\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/12\/13\/3835D42B00000578-3785333-image-a-27_1473682001772.jpg\" alt=\"Clinton said\u00a0'I'm feeling great. It's a beautiful day in New York', before heading for her home in Chappaqua, in New York state\" width=\"634\" height=\"863\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-4\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Clinton said\u00a0&#8216;I&#8217;m feeling great. It&#8217;s a beautiful day in New York&#8217;, before heading for her home in Chappaqua, in New York state<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday and given antibiotics but had become dehydrated at the event in New York.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A dramatic video recorded by a bystander showed the Democratic candidate&#8217;s knees buckling as she stepped off a kerb into a waiting van.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She had to be helped up by two Secret Service guards as her team rushed to help her and stopped her hitting the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Clinton left after just 90 minutes of the ceremony at Ground Zero to mark the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her spokesman Nick Merrill said she felt &#8216;overheated&#8217; and she was taken to her daughter Chelsea&#8217;s apartment in the city in what was described as a &#8216;medical episode&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another picture taken moments earlier showed the 68-year-old holding her chest with her right hand and looking uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Representative Joe Crowley, a New York Democrat, described the memorial as being &#8216;incredibly stifling&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fccbe78782ebb264\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/12\/12\/3835AB1700000578-3785237-Video_has_surfaced_of_Hillary_Clinton_appearing_to_stumble_as_sh-a-5_1473680699043.jpg\" alt=\"Video surfaced of Clinton appearing to stumble as she was led into a van after suffering a 'medical episode' during the 9\/11 memorial service\" width=\"634\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-5\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Video surfaced of Clinton appearing to stumble as she was led into a van after suffering a &#8216;medical episode&#8217; during the 9\/11 memorial service<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-18a921a21208d55d\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/12\/12\/3835AB2000000578-3785237-Her_aides_then_rushed_to_her_side_and_then_helped_her_into_the_v-a-15_1473681426975.jpg\" alt=\"Her aides then rushed to her side and then helped her into the van before she was rushed off to Chelsea's Manhattan home\u00a0\" width=\"634\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-6\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Her aides then rushed to her side and then helped her into the van before she was rushed off to Chelsea&#8217;s Manhattan home<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An hour after arriving at her daughter&#8217;s apartment, she emerged looking relaxed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Asked if she was feeling better, Mrs Clinton said: &#8216;Yes thank you, very much&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She smiled and posed for pictures with the young girl before leaving for her home in Chappaqua, just northeast of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;m feeling great, it&#8217;s a beautiful day in New York,&#8217; Clinton said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Following her collapse she was forced to\u00a0cancel a California fundraising trip on Monday and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her campaign team also faced questions as to why it took them two days to reveal the illness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group artSplitter\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-92552ac4c41125ae\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/12\/12\/3837948000000578-3785237-Clinton_emerged_from_her_daughter_Chelsea_s_apartment_after_she_-a-16_1473681438075.jpg\" alt=\"Clinton emerged from her daughter Chelsea's apartment after she was rushed from the 9\/11 memorial service because of a 'medical episode'\" width=\"634\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"share-pictures-7\" class=\"share-pictures-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Clinton emerged from her daughter Chelsea&#8217;s apartment after she was rushed from the 9\/11 memorial service because of a &#8216;medical episode&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The diagnosis puts the health of Clinton back into the spotlight with two months left in the US presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She has suffered numerous coughing fits on live TV, joking how &#8216;every time I think of Trump I get allergic&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her critics have seized on photos of her which they claim show she has suffered seizures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Should Mrs Clinton win the presidency she will be 69 when she takes office, making her the second oldest person to assume the title after Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, 70, would be the oldest if he wins.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3785333\/Why-did-Hillary-hug-child-suffering-pneumonia-Candidate-embraced-young-girl-despite-having-contagious-illness.html#ixzz4K8E0vbeo\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3785333\/Why-did-Hillary-hug-child-suffering-pneumonia-Candidate-embraced-young-girl-despite-having-contagious-illness.html#ixzz4K8E0vbeo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candidate embraced young girl despite having a contagious illness Hillary Clinton embraced a young child after leaving daughter&#8217;s apartment Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia after collapsing at 9\/11 ceremony\u00a0 Pneumonia is spread from person-to-person when small droplets of water that &hellip; 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