Michael Moore Health Update: Filmmaker Remains In Intensive Care Battling Pneumonia, But Continues To Bring Attention To Flint Water Crisis


Michael Moore offered an update on his health, writing on Facebook that he remains in intensive care after a bout with pneumonia and that at one point during his health scare “things didn’t look good.”

Moore had posted a statement last week that he was battling the ailment, and this week posted a new update that he had been steadily recovering.

“The truth is, I’ve actually been in the ICU since Sunday night. Let’s just say things didn’t look good Sunday night. But thanks to a combination of good doctors, decent hospital food and 2nd-term Obamacare, I’m doing much better the last couple of days — so much so that I’m being discharged later today. I’m to return home and rest for the coming days. All appearances for the rest of this week have been canceled.”

Moore blamed the sickness on his busy schedule, which includes promoting his new movie, Where To Invade Next, while also stumping for Senator Bernie Sanders and advocating for the people in his hometown of Flint, Michigan.

“Between running all over the place lately promoting my new movie (WHERE TO INVADE NEXT), plus going to Flint to help the people of my hometown, plus jumping in to support Senator Sanders, plus doing a dozen other things — well, I read somewhere you can’t burn it at both ends, and if u do, it’s best not to do so in the winter nor anywhere near a place full of toxic water!”

Michael Moore was forced to cancel a number of scheduled appearances to support the movie, including the Los Angeles premiere of his movie and a guest appearance with Conan O’Brien. To help drum up support for the movie, Moore asked fans to help share video of the trailer and a 30-second ad.

The bout with pneumonia hasn’t slowed Michael Moore too much, though. Just hours after posting his health update, he posted on Facebook a commercial he had directed drawing attention to the water crisis in Flint, where residents are battling public officials over dangerous levels of lead in their drinking water.

Moore has been hitting the crisis on all fronts, giving interviews, producing content, and even laying out the problems on his website. In a post from last week, he attacked Michigan’s elected officials for letting the water crisis happen.

“For Just $100 a Day, This Crisis Could’ve Been Prevented. Federal law requires that water systems which are sent through lead pipes must contain an additive that seals the lead into the pipe and prevents it from leaching into the water. Someone at the beginning suggested to the Governor that they add this anti-corrosive element to the water coming out of the Flint River. ‘How much would that cost?’ came the question. ‘$100 a day for three months,’ was the answer. I guess that was too much, so, in order to save $9,000, the state government said f*** it — and as a result the State may now end up having to pay upwards of $1.5 billion to fix the mess.”

In his health update this week, Michael Moore did not say when he may be fully recovered from his bout with pneumonia, but given the work he’s been doing throughout his hospital stay, it likely won’t slow him down much.

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