[EEGator]

Don’t worry, all is well.
Tourism, restaurants, airlines, cruises, hotels, bars, schools, University town businesses, entertainment, and others are all just fine.

[ClearCase_guy]

1) A lot of places combine sick time and vacation time. You can be sick if you want to, but that means your beach vacation just went out the window.

2) A lot of people are working from home — some employers take the position that they don’t want you spreading germs, but you might as well keep working while you’re sick. “You’re not in the hospital? Good! I need these reports by 3 PM.”

[Paul46360]

YEAH..where I work I saw that we r to take 2 weeks off if COVID is found near me. TOLD THEM that I REFUSED to use my SIC/VACA time b/c someone MIGHT.MIGHT have it...was told that we have a special COVID sick fund set up that pays 100% w/out my loosing days off.
HMMMMM will have to think about "getting it"

[Nea Wood]

One of my coworkers (California) said she had a sore throat and had gotten tested for Covid. She was out for weeks “waiting for the results.” Then when the results came back negative, a relative in her household got the sniffles or something and SHE got tested. Then we had to wait for HER results. Then it was another relative.

Everyone’s so terrified of Covid, if there’s even a small possibility somebody has it, they’re told, “Don’t come to work!” And “waiting for the results” can take as long as somebody claims it takes.

People are definitely scamming the system.

[SamAdams76]

Seeing the same.

When headcount reductions are needed, the people abusing the time off are the first to go. That won't be the listed reason of course, but generally speaking, these are the types of people who are slackers in other areas as well.

[bgill]

You might consider getting sick before winter hits and you can’t play outside.