No, Hillary Clinton does not have swine flu!

At this morning’s press briefing, a reporter asked acting department spokesman Robert Wood the following: QUESTION: This is slightly odd, but the Secretary, in her two appearances this morning, appeared to be a little ill. Is she suffering from a cold or something? And I ask only because of the whole swine flu thing and ...

At this morning's press briefing, a reporter asked acting department spokesman Robert Wood the following:

At this morning’s press briefing, a reporter asked acting department spokesman Robert Wood the following:

QUESTION: This is slightly odd, but the Secretary, in her two appearances this morning, appeared to be a little ill. Is she suffering from a cold or something? And I ask only because of the whole swine flu thing and the fact that she was in Mexico in March and the fact that a member of the – one member of the President’s delegation did come down with it.

MR. WOOD: Matt, you’ll be happy to know it’s just mild allergies. She suffers from mild allergies. That’s all it is.

Hat tip: Laura Rozen at FP‘s The Cable

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009 to 2016 and was an FP assistant editor from 2007 to 2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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