that was making the rounds back around '01 - yep, breathing hurt. So, did the sensible thing, called off work and stayed in bed - for about three days. My (late) husband, who was about 11 years older than i, barely had a sniffle. Btw, a few years later - in the spring - he got hold of something that put him down, and down hard, for an entire week, but i was fine. Strange how colds and flu are...after all, being married, we ate at the same small kitchen table and slept right in the same bed.
Nobody masked back then, nobody was screamie-meemie-ing for mandatory vaxxes. Back then, during the height of flu season, your 85 year old uncle albert was allowed to leave his nursing home unit to go out to lunch with a friend or family member.
Btw, back then - atleast where my husband and i worked - our employers had a policy, that if you were out sick for 3 or more days, they wanted to see a doctor's slip. Personally, that policy made alot of sense - after all, being sick for three days? Uhm, yeah, after three days, and still feeling like crap, you bet i wanted to see a doctor.
Healthy people have been known to get real sick, and even die, from the flu-bug. Back then people knew that - people knew that life ... well, it can suddenly, without warning, come to an end, but we carried on, kept the businesses open, the economy going.
Here in Canada my province banned the doctor's note thing as it was a waste of medical resources. They only can ask for it now for longer absences like going on extended leave. When I had the flu a few times in my life I never went to the doctor even though I was still sick for a week. The flu won't kill you if you are working age with no pre existing conditions.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous, i think the 3-day policy was to discourage unplanned road trips. i'd rather just go to work, and have a decent amount of leave - especially since, not being 35 anymore ;/
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