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In reply to the discussion: Dear Senator Dianne Feinstein: This is not about you. [View all]onenote
(42,829 posts)she has carried out her duties as a Senator. Before her shingles diagnosis, she attended Judiciary Committee executive sessions and cast what might be considered deciding votes on nominees and other matters (something that was particularly important on February 2 when the Committee was down one member because of the absence of Sen. Welch, leaving the Democrats with only 10 members present and voting). During the Senate's sessions on January 23 and February 2, she introduced and made statements in support of a number of bills (See Congressional Record for those dates). From January 3 until February 27, she missed only two Senate votes -- compare that to Bernie Sanders (3 missed votes for unexplained reasons; Sen. Bob Casey (10 missed votes due to his treatment for prostate cancer), and Sen. John Fetterman (9 missed votes prior to February 27, then missed every vote from that date through end of March when Congress went on recess). Casey and Fetterman were given the opportunity to return from illness-related absences without being hounded to resign. Feinstein is entitled to the same, at least for a month or two. If she still can't return at that point she should step down.
As for whether her case of shingles is "small", I'm not her doctor and have no way or knowing the severity of her case of shingles and the timetable for her recovery apart from her statements that she intends to return.
You don't know either.
Correct?