But how many times did you get sick and “battle through”? And how many did you spread it too? How many of them took sick days? How many people did they make sick? And how much better would everybody have been if the person who gave it to you had stayed the hell home and kept their germs to themselves?
Back in the day people didn’t take sick leave for having the sniffles. They took off when they felt like crap. I’ve gone to work feeling fine in the morning and then by mid afternoon felt like crap and took off. I’d return to work in a day or so when I felt better. I had enough sick leave that I could have dealt with lengthy covid downtimes. Many people don’t. Sick leave isn’t mandated in many states and the the states that do don’t require more than a few days.