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No Matter What Sickness You Have, Please Keep Your Germs At Home
The Federalist ^ | October 6, 2020 | Holly Sheer

Posted on 10/06/2020 10:59:03 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 10/06/2020 10:59:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
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The economic cost from folks trying to prevent an economic cost - actually taking sick days, guarantees that more people are going to be sick and the total economic cost will increase.

People with contagious diseases should self-isolate, including colds and flu out of consideration for others.

2 posted on 10/06/2020 11:02:33 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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Wrong. TO have a healthy immune system you must be exposed to disease. It is part of life. Now, I am not saying that people should intentionally be exposed to ebola or a disease that extreme but it is arguable that every person under 45, without a severe comorbidity, should be exposed to COVID. It would kill few and makes everyone more safe.


3 posted on 10/06/2020 11:03:25 AM PDT by Splorndle
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No Matter What Sickness You Have, Please Keep Your Germs At Home

An open letter from Holly Sheer to Xi Jinping?

4 posted on 10/06/2020 11:04:12 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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“People with contagious diseases should self-isolate, including colds and flu out of consideration for others.”

Agreed, but it’s difficult for those that have workaholic bosses who think they’re tough by coming to work when sick.


5 posted on 10/06/2020 11:04:32 AM PDT by EEGator
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6 posted on 10/06/2020 11:06:09 AM PDT by DannyTN
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I know few people who are inconsiderate enough that they would go out and DELIBERATELY infect people when they know they are sick.

The whole problem with COVID has been that it’s largely asymptomatic and you don’t know.


7 posted on 10/06/2020 11:12:50 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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If you fear dying, you fear living. You can’t take all the risk out of living. The Left and the Rats have gone bat$h!+ crazy over COVID. Trump is showing the way. Protect the vulnerable, but everybody else needs to be at school and at work. Vote for the Rats and the inmates will be running the asylum.


8 posted on 10/06/2020 11:19:45 AM PDT by RatRipper ( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
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To: Splorndle

“Wrong. TO have a healthy immune system you must be exposed to disease. It is part of life. Now, I am not saying that people should intentionally be exposed to ebola or a disease that extreme but it is arguable that every person under 45, without a severe comorbidity, should be exposed to COVID. It would kill few and makes everyone more safe.”

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Exactly.

Kids should get it now before
they are older.

Ever heard of parents exposing their kids to chicken pox.

My immune system is exercising
when it’s fighting.
It makes it stronger.

I miss making mud pies
but working in the garden is similar.

Is dirt cleaner than a handrail?


9 posted on 10/06/2020 11:20:15 AM PDT by missthethunder
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“One of the most basic ways we function together as a society is by caring about each other, working together as families and communities.”

When did that ever happen?

On 50s and 60s TV.


10 posted on 10/06/2020 11:31:18 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Hey, Holly. Grow up,and grow a pair. There’s more germs on the inside of your mouth right now that floating around in the air.


11 posted on 10/06/2020 11:31:20 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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I miss making mud pies but working in the garden is similar.

I was weird as a kid, I loved playing in dirt. Dug deep holes in my yard and climbed inside to play. Crawled around under stairs outside and played with dirt and spiders. Me and my friends enjoyed exploring hills and bushes. As an old guy, I enjoy working my garden, and spreading compost and worms from my compost pile.

I rarely get sick, haven't had the flu for 4 or 5 years while others around me expose me to their sicknesses. Early exposure to germs helped, I guess.

12 posted on 10/06/2020 11:33:45 AM PDT by roadcat
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People with contagious diseases should self-isolate, including colds and flu out of consideration for others.

Yep.

Used to be at my work you got sick days and vacation days. Five sick days a week that carried over and ten vacation days that did not. But they decided it would be easier just to ave PTO days instead. And none of them carried over

13 posted on 10/06/2020 11:51:25 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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If we aren’t gonna be “allowed” to be sick any more, we really WILL have millions dying when everyone’s immune system goes to zero.

This planet of ours has had viruses on it that we all have lived our entire lives with. We catch many of them. Some people die from them; we ALL die from something, however..

How many years have YOU (whoever) been on earth? If you’re reading this, you’ve survived THAT many years while living among viruses like Ebola, Swine flu, Bird flu, Measles, mumps, Chicken Pox, the Black Plague, etc.... Yet, you are STILL here Who DOESNT get sick now and then??? Since WHEN is that a societal threat?

14 posted on 10/06/2020 12:00:01 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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I understand it’s hard to miss work.


It’s changing, but a lot of jobs consider any sick days as dings against your performance, or at least perfect attendance as a positive.


15 posted on 10/06/2020 12:03:12 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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Agreed, but it’s difficult for those that have workaholic bosses who think they’re tough by coming to work when sick.

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Long before China flu reared it’s ugly head, our church pastor repeatedly told the congregation to stay home, if you’re sick. We don’t want you here, if you are sick.

It seems that some people think they must go to church, no matter how sick or contagious they may be.


16 posted on 10/06/2020 12:26:43 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Born after V.E. day but before V.J. day but I did co pilot the Enola Gay.)
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Five sick days a week that carried over

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I don’t think that you meant that. Maybe 5 per year?


17 posted on 10/06/2020 12:34:30 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Born after V.E. day but before V.J. day but I did co pilot the Enola Gay.)
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Talking about this issue recently with friends, we discussed a very serious side of going in public with illnesses that can be mild for most people: inadvertently infecting a family with an at-risk member. An inconvenience for many people can quickly become a tragedy for a family with a loved one undergoing chemo, or with an organ transplant, or a limited immune system. Suddenly that bothersome fever is no longer just an annoyance, but a scary and dangerous situation.

ie. everyone should spend the rest of their natural lives walking on eggshells in perpetual fear of affecting another person no matter how remote.

18 posted on 10/06/2020 12:50:30 PM PDT by glorgau
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Five per year it was.

You were expected to keep 15 days in your bank. After 3 weeks of sick leave STD kicked in.

19 posted on 10/06/2020 12:59:10 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (And lead us not into hysteria, but deliver us from the handwashers. Amen!)
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To the author of the piece: SHUT UP, KAREN. Some of us have to make a living. Business owners don’t get “sick days.” Not everyone has a cushy job writing condescending, risk-averse, female-hormone puff pieces like this piece of virtual birdcage liner.


20 posted on 10/06/2020 1:29:04 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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