Justice Thomas discharged from hospital a week after being admitted for flu-like symptoms

Clarence Thomas.
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been discharged from a Washington, D.C.-area hospital a week after being admitted for flu-like symptoms, NBC News reports Friday, per the court.

Thomas, 73, was admitted on the evening of March 18. Tests showed he had an infection and received intravenous antibiotics. The Court, though quiet about the whole ordeal, did rule out COVID-19 as the reason behind the hospitalization (Thomas is also fully vaccinated and boosted).

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