# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 131
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768/131 "2026-05-08T19:50:49Z")
See a thread about several of our board members having experiences from bad, to _terrible_ in @Magiver’s case: > [@So I Have Shingles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-shingles/1001448): > > I’m 53. My doctor told me, when I turned 50, that I should consider the singles vaccine if I had chicken pox as a child. The thing is, I didn’t know if I actually had chicken pox (I do now, of course), and Mamahomie didn’t either. The pharmacist told me to get it anyway, as the worst it could do is nothing. But I kept putting it off. Big mistake. I think we caught it early enough that antivirals will help and this won’t last a month, like it can when it’s untreated. I’m taking Acyclovir as pre… Back to Ghouliani though. No specific mentions from the press about the underlying reasons - is this just from the consequences of his general age (no ageist shaming)? Is it because of any other of his pit-worthy excesses (drinking at the least)? Some other lung issue (his claims of damage from 9/11 or otherwise)? Granted, I don’t care what grubby issues drag off his miserable excuse for a soul (back to the Pit), but if it’s from something self-inflicted, I’ll admit to wanting to _gloat_ over it more. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-giuliani-in-critical-condition-in-florida-hospital-now-in-the-bbq-pit/1029768)._