Poll: Uncertainty about Hillary Clinton’s health is on the rise

Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail after a weekend bout with pneumonia, but the episode left many Americans unsure about the state of her health, a survey by Huffington Post newspaper found.

Clinton’s physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, said that the Democratic nominee “continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States.”

But just 39 percent of Americans currently believe that Clinton is in good enough physical condition to effectively serve as president for the next four years, according to the poll. 

A nearly equal 38 percent say she isn’t in good enough condition, and 23 percent say they are unsure.

That marks a significant shift from just over a week ago, when an Economist/YouGov survey posing the same question found that 52 percent of Americans believed Clinton was in good enough shape, 33 percent didn’t think she was and 16 percent didn’t know. 

By a 14-point margin, 45 percent to 31 percent, those surveyed in the latest poll ― which predated Bardack’s letter ― said that Clinton had not provided enough information about her physical health.

Source: MENA