Hillary Clinton undoubtedly felt that the bad press and attacks from the Trump camp from skipping an important event would be worse than suffering through an event with pneumonia.
She was probably wrong, as she couldn’t suffer through. What about you? Do you try to suffer through things when you should be home in bed? If you do, have you ever experienced a George HW Bush level of embarrassment? If you’re a youngin’ you don’t know about this, but poor President Bush got food poisoning. Even poorer Japanese Prime Minister got vomit in his lap. So, just for fun, there’s video at the link.
To read more and see the video, click here: Hillary Clinton’s Pneumonia: When You Absolutely, Positively Cannot Miss Work
Ah, yes, hindsight is 20-20. There are few employees — especially, higher-level ones — who have not worked sick. If one manages to “power through” and complete the project or workday, all is well. If not, there is a George H.W. Bush or Hillary Clinton – type event, and it becomes apparent to all that — in retrospect — one should have stayed home in bed.