It's not just people with compromised immune systems, too. A lot of people are dying from complications related to pneumonia or sepsis. And some are already under a lot of stress. A small amount just die because they can't take it.
i know a good handful of people who almost died from the flu this year. With the strain of it this year, really all you can do is go to a hospital and get pumped full of fluids which can cost 10,000$+ in hopes you dont become dehydrated to death
then these people who paid a shit ton have to pay all that back and dont get paid leave for something out of their control, and if they're not an adult and still go to school (or are in school and work), they can only miss so many days until they have to repeat the year because they were stuck in the hospital for a week and god forbid they take care of their health instead of passing it on
In my district teachers only get 10 sick days a year. I had pneumonia a few months ago and I was out for 4. If I get the flu I’m screwed bc then my sick days will basically be gone. Many of my coworkers came in when they weren’t fully recovered because you can get fired if you go over your 10 sick days
Idk if it's everywhere or not, so my bad if I'm wrong, but for some places isn't it illegal to fire someone for being sick if they had a doctor's note saying they shouldn't go in ?
Reminds me of a recent story about a school (or several schools in fact) in Oklahoma. They moved to a 4-day school week so that teachers could work at Walmart on Mondays to even afford to pay rent.
When people who are responsible for the education of the next generation are treated like that, of course the next generation won't be properly educated.
She didn't die of the flu waiting until she could afford the copay for Tamiflu, she didn't take the Tamiflu because she was frugal and felt it was too expensive. They bought it the next day, however, she was outside the maximum effective date range to take Tamiflu (within 2 days of showing symptoms) and then died later. They could afford the medicine, they just chose not to buy it. The meme being circulated about this is wrong.
@diyrogue If you’re not tenured they can let you go at the end of the year for using too many sick days even if you have a doctors note. They can’t fire you mid-year for it
Part of my father's salary package lets his employer hold on to some of his pay that he has already earned to cover those days when he is not well enough to work. It is a mutually beneficial arrangement based off of humanity and the understanding that coming to work ill spreads illness through the rest of the staff. In turn, this improves productivity because more people are working at their full potential, rather than coughing up lungs onto their keyboards.
As a potentially useful note, we live in Australia.
Many American companies have paid sick leave as part of their compensation packages, but it's not paid out on leaving the company. The number of days is limited, usually to discourage abuse of the policy, but if there is truly an issue with illness that requires a longer time to be away from work, there is short term disability insurance that people can buy, or again many employers provide as part of their compensation packages.
Where it becomes an issue is with part-time hourly employees who are only getting paid for the hours they work. If your work schedule isn't a standard schedule and varies every week and you call in sick for 10 of those hours, the company doesn't have a baseline work schedule to pay you for.
Here's some more reading:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/01/flu-influenza-h3n2-virus-outbreak-vaccine-spd/
then these people who paid a shit ton have to pay all that back and dont get paid leave for something out of their control, and if they're not an adult and still go to school (or are in school and work), they can only miss so many days until they have to repeat the year because they were stuck in the hospital for a week and god forbid they take care of their health instead of passing it on
When people who are responsible for the education of the next generation are treated like that, of course the next generation won't be properly educated.
As a potentially useful note, we live in Australia.
Where it becomes an issue is with part-time hourly employees who are only getting paid for the hours they work. If your work schedule isn't a standard schedule and varies every week and you call in sick for 10 of those hours, the company doesn't have a baseline work schedule to pay you for.