# Rudy Giuliani in critical condition in Florida hospital \[Now in the BBQ Pit\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 4, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768 "2026-05-04T00:21:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/141 "2026-05-09T20:22:50Z")
I’ve never had a very sore shot including shingles, but I got my covid and flu and shingles shot all at once and ran a 101 fever the next day. Quite weird feeling for me, to just have a pure fever with the resulting weird brain processing but no other symptoms, not even malaise. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/142 "2026-05-09T20:33:57Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Pretty sure Ghoulsie’ll be leaving hospital soon, unfortunately. > Oh well. Why can’t we have anything nice? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/143 "2026-05-11T20:02:17Z")
Eh, have some humanity. Think of those poor long-suffering nurses and interns who’ll be freed from having to deal with his nasty self. (Also, federally funded healthcare or no, I bet Giuliani almost certainly costs taxpayers and fellow insurees more money while in hospital than out of it, because pretty much everybody does.) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/144 "2026-05-11T20:19:21Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Pretty sure Ghoulsie’ll be leaving hospital soon, unfortunately. Damnit!!! ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/145 "2026-05-11T22:29:39Z")
Giuliani has always imagined himself an important statesman. Maybe when he gets back on the streets he’ll pull a Winston Churchill. > **[Edward F. Cantasano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_F._Cantasano)** > > Edward F. Cantasano (November 25, 1905 – January 17, 1989) also known as Mario Contasino, was an unemployed mechanic from Yonkers who, on December 13, 1931, accidentally hit the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, while driving a car. Churchill was attempting to cross a busy New York City street at the time, and forgot to look in the direction of the oncoming traffic. This incident, while only briefly acknowledged by leading historical works about Churchill, has noneth... ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/146 "2026-05-12T02:03:38Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Pretty sure Ghoulsie’ll be leaving hospital soon, unfortunately. > Oh well. Well, that sucks. Every time I see the brackets in the thread title I keep hoping they say “[Now Deceased]”. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/147 "2026-05-12T02:04:18Z")
This thread was done as soon as we learned he was off the ventilator. Unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/148 "2026-05-13T16:48:19Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Maybe when he gets back on the streets he’ll pull a Winston Churchill. > > [Edward F. Cantasano - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_F._Cantasano) I hadn’t known about this accident until very recently. I was surprised. Apparently, he was pretty badly injured. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768.md?page=7)