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Or she treated as mild something that wasn't. Hence the whole "collapsing on the curb" bit.
Hence the whole "wasn't hospitalized" bit.
I'm not sure how deciding to not go to the hospital (or apparently receive any treatment at all) magically makes an illness "mild". It doesn't work that way.
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Again, there's an actual point where pneumonia is considered serious.
Like maybe when you're passing out as a result?
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causing her to get a concussion bad enough that she had to be hospitalized and ultimately retire from her position as SoS
Wait... you think she retired as Sec. of State because of that??
Honestly?? There were a number of factors. I didn't word that particularly well (happens when I try to be brief and conflate two ideas into one statement). The implication here is that, just as this fall wasn't really caused by pneumonia, her previous one wasn't caused by the flu either. If that is the case, then she may have been aware of her health problems well ahead of time and been planning on moving out of the position. The timing of Obama's re-election made that a more clear choice, obviously. It's like you aren't aware that speculation about her health haven't been swirling around for years now, and that this incident fits right into those speculations.
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Clinton made clear before the 2012 election that she didn't plan to serve a second term but would only stay on until a successor was confirmed. She had her injury in December 2012.
Uh huh. I'm aware of that. Again, I'm examining the possibility that her fall wasn't caused by the flu back then or pneumonia now and following the logic if that is true. The larger point is that she was unable to finish out her term as planned. Now, if you approach this from the perspective of someone who was already planning on leaving for unrelated reasons, and then just happened to suffer an illness which caused her to not be able to fill her duties for the last couple months of her term, then that's all just coincidence, right? But if you approach this from the perspective of someone who has some kind of neurological disorder, and doesn't want the public to become aware of this (thinking it can be hidden from public view better if not in so public a position as SoS), one might start the process of getting out of that spotlight as soon as possible.
It's impossible for us to know what went on behind the scenes here. But that's kinda the point. The public perception of her trustworthiness on this (and other things) is pretty darn low. This makes theories like this seem more plausible than than they would otherwise. Which is somewhat of a problem when you're running for president. Again, I'm not trying to insist I know what is true and what isn't. I'm commenting on how her actions and events surrounding her appear to many people. And the pattern certainly does look like there's more to Clinton's health problems than the occasional flu or pneumonia which magically results in the exact same symptom. Especially when said symptom isn't something normally associated with such illnesses.