It was a question I had before: If you work at a health clinic, can you call in sick?
Now we know the answer.
I was outraged to have my wife tell me hours later that a worker was sick working the office around pregnant ladies.
Why should my wife be exposed to the flu unavoidably like this when we've done everything to stay clear of sick people all these months.
10 months without either of us sick and this idiot nurse might have infected her.
If these sniffles turn to flu, there will be good reason to get pissed off.
If one works in a clinic, and HAS to be “ill,” one should wear a mask AND gloves and “observe universal precautions.”
Otherwise, the odds of spreading whatever is going around are increased. If you go into a clinc (say in a strange town, in an emergency) and you hear a nurse/PA or doctor coughing or sneezing, ask them to wear a mask and gloves before treating you, and to make sure that any tests that are ordered are done by techs who ALSO have a mask and gloves.
If more people did that, there would be less flu invading the country.