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Sen. Dianne Feinstein released from hospital after shingles treatment
2023-03-08
[NYPOST] Sen. Dianne Feinstein
...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 89.62580, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator...
, the oldest serving member of Congress, was released from a the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
 hospital on Tuesday after being treated for shingles.

Feinstein, 89, revealed last week that she was hospitalized after being diagnosed with an infection in February.

"I want to thank everyone for the well wishes and the hospital staff for providing excellent care. I’m recovering at home now while I continue receiving treatment and look forward to returning to the Senate as soon as possible," Feinstein wrote in a tweet on Tuesday.

Feinstein’s absence — along with the hospitalization of her colleague, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), for depression — has temporarily left the Senate split at 49-49.

Shingles is a non-life-threatening virus that causes painful, blistery rashes to develop on the side of the face or body and can require antiviral medications to treat, according to the CDC.
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Posted by:Fred

#12  I had a mild case 5-6 years ago. The doc said I should get the shingles vax. I said "I just had it! Aren't I finished?"

She said there's a 50-50 chance you'll get it again, and I swear she said a 50-50 chance if I got the vax.

Supposedly, the new Shringrex vaccine is better. I have not taken the shot yet.
Posted by: Bobby   2023-03-08 19:04  

#11  Rambler, she's a pox, and evidently chicken (every demonstration terrifies her), so tomato, tomahto.
I'm just saying it it would amuse me immensely it would be a shame if she got a debilitating, disfiguring disease.
(I am a bad person.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-03-08 19:02  

#10  ^ Yup, except I asked my Mom if I had Chicken Pox and she didn't remember...and she was an RN
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-08 18:57  

#9  Re #7: Ed, AOC may never have had chicken pox. She was born in 1989. The chickn pox vaccine was introduced in the US in 1995, when she would have been 6. You have to have had chicken pox to get shingles.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2023-03-08 18:28  

#8  I'm sure that Fetterman and Fienstein can vote by Proxy.

Even after they are dead.
Posted by: CrazyFool in Texas   2023-03-08 17:47  

#7  I am with rambler in that I wouldn't wish shingles on anybody. (Except maybe AOC...)
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-03-08 15:00  

#6  With Fetterman and Feinstein incapacitated, that means the Democrats are without two votes in a Senate that is nearly evenly divided. Sorry about their conditions but, for all intents and purposes, they were both incapacitated a long time ago. Now they've just gotten to the point where they can't hide it anymore.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-03-08 13:24  

#5  I expect shingles is a cover and she will be moved into a hospice soon.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-03-08 11:57  

#4  Shingles is terrible. It seems odd to me that she was not vaccinated.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-08 11:31  

#3  Rambler I share your pain. I got shingles back last July 2 and still have residual pain. At my age it takes a longer time to get over it.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-03-08 10:32  

#2  As much as I despise Senator Feinstein, I would not wish shingles on anyone. I am currently suffering from it, and it is PAINFUL.
If you had chicken pox, get the shingles vaccine.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2023-03-08 09:12  

#1  Shingles fixed. Roof still leaking badly.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Eohippus Darling of the Chinese2076   2023-03-08 03:38  

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