That was in yonder days... in recent times people are expected to be more aware of things like this, especially in office environments. Knowingly (ie: you know you have one but still go to the office) spreading a cold (not to mention anything else) is really poor form and can really ruin peoples week/weekends.
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I know but as I said a lot of workers don't get sick pay and so they have no real choice in the matter, yes covid has hi-lighted this in a big way.
You could also spread infection before you even realise you're bad.
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100%, I'd have a go at them and ask why they have come to work and if I ended up with their cold I'd let them know.
Pretty sure we've had multiple threads on this pre Covid about selfish people with colds.
Here's one from 2009 https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-for-a-day-off-or-not.18062498/#post-15030319
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If you don't know you have a cold then that's different, but the moment you know you have one then you shouldn't be going into interactive work environments... at least not without wearing a mask.
You would have been an exception then, all I'm saying is precovid most people just accepted that others went into work with colds.
I had to go and see the Pharmacist at our surgery about my blood pressure, guess what he said when I got in the room with him, you got it, he had a cold but was still at work and in face to face situations without a mask.
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I have been to work with colds. Only ring in sick if I am constantly coughing, sneezing or blowing nose. Or or struggling to keep head up.
Like a lot of people, I would go in if I felt OK, wouldn't if it went into my head
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I am an unlucky soul who is susceptible to colds. If I'd taken everyday everyday I'd been suffering with a cold off my employers would have put me through capability and booted me out. Home working and the new outlook following COVID means I can work those ill but not too ill days from home and bosses understand it.
As to vaxx thing, the entire family has been vaccinated apart from the kids. The balance of risks between Covid and the vaccination was too woolly and small to make it worth while for them.
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I'm not though, even when I was on a factory from 1974 to 2007 people always moaned at others who came in with a cold sneezing all over the place.
I've been lucky in most of my jobs in that I didn't always work too close to others.
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Well there you go, since 1974 I've worked on factories with people either side 3 foot away and from 2007 in the NHS with dozens in close proximity in an office.
People have never liked it when you pass on germs because it can effect how you work and your home life.
True, but my point is that it wasn't seen as that much of a problem before covid. Now having seen the effects of covid and how quickly it spread has given people a wake up call(some obviously will still go to work regardless).
I've worked quite a few different jobs over 25 years, only one of those actively encouraged people not to come into work with an infectious disease and several the sickness procedures leaned heavily against taking time off with a cold, etc. while sure people can be infectious with a cold/flu 1-3 days before symptoms or even fully symptomless, I've always found it utterly silly as in my experience a few simple precautions and people not coming in 99% of the time prevents it going around and when it goes around you usually get around 10 days of reduced performance and at least some people off sick enough to have a much larger disruptive effect than 1-2 people being off in the first place.
Obviously workplaces need to get a balance to it as well to prevent abuse, but mostly it seems old fashioned attitudes and short sighted thinking calling the shots rather than a reasoned approach.
As I've mentioned before I found it interesting where I work, during the peak of the pandemic we had fairly strict protocols, but nothing particularly arduous, compared to other similar businesses on the same estate/nearby and absolutely nothing went around during that time even when individuals came in with colds or COVID, while the other businesses had COVID go around 2-3 times, then when everything was relaxed stuff started going around at work again.
Obviously workplaces need to get a balance to it as well to prevent abuse, but mostly it seems old fashioned attitudes and short sighted thinking calling the shots rather than a reasoned approach.
As I've mentioned before I found it interesting where I work, during the peak of the pandemic we had fairly strict protocols, but nothing particularly arduous, compared to other similar businesses on the same estate/nearby and absolutely nothing went around during that time even when individuals came in with colds or COVID, while the other businesses had COVID go around 2-3 times, then when everything was relaxed stuff started going around at work again.
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As an asthmatic, my employer have taken that into account when I have been off with colds, chest infections and covid. The first time I had covid, a few days before the first lockdown, my employer didn't count covid or been asked to self isolate towards sickness count. The second time, my employer reverted back to standard sickness policy about 7 weeks earlier.
In the winter 18/19, I had a chest infection and went into work and the coldness of the store aggravated an asthma attack.
I had a chest infection for 2.5 weeks between a few days before Christmas to early Jan and just happened that my bad days were on my days off. What helped me is now I am on my feet doing 90k-110k steps a week at work. Whereas before I was on the checkouts/kiosk and did about a third of the walking.
In the winter 18/19, I had a chest infection and went into work and the coldness of the store aggravated an asthma attack.
I had a chest infection for 2.5 weeks between a few days before Christmas to early Jan and just happened that my bad days were on my days off. What helped me is now I am on my feet doing 90k-110k steps a week at work. Whereas before I was on the checkouts/kiosk and did about a third of the walking.
Gone completely quiet again COVID wise here, the person on my training course (not local location) seems to have had it as a couple of other people who were there have gone down with COVID but I'm guessing myself and the colleague who was with me have escaped it as we've not picked anything up.
In Germany, a 62 year old man accepted payments to get vaccinated for COVID in the place of people who didn't want the vaccine. He is estimated to have received 217 COVID vaccines over 29 months, although prosecutors were only able to confirm 130.
What happened to him? He's still alive and well. This study in The Lancet has the details.
What happened to him? He's still alive and well. This study in The Lancet has the details.
The people who struggle with covid seem to have a genetic disposition to not producing enough of a certain type of antibodies.
www.nature.com
I suspect this is why some people are getting vaccine induced long covid too.
Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations - Nature Reviews Microbiology
Long COVID is an often debilitating illness of severe symptoms that can develop during or following COVID-19. In this Review, Davis, McCorkell, Vogel and Topol explore our knowledge of long COVID and highlight key findings, including potential mechanisms, the overlap with other conditions and...
www.nature.com
I suspect this is why some people are getting vaccine induced long covid too.
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