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'Don't keep people home': Govt to give public health advice around sending sick children to school - Seymour (www.newshub.co.nz)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by purrtastic to c/politics

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Why would you want sickness to spread at schools? This will get kids sick, it will get their teachers sick, kids will take it home to parents and get them sick. What’s the impact to education but also to the wider workforce and productivity?

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[–] Ilovethebomb 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We need to normalise staying home when you're sick, rather than sharing it around. And this tosspot needs to stop trying to sacrifice people to the economy.

[–] liv 5 points 7 months ago

Pretty sure presenteeism is bad for the economy as well.

It's better to have just one sick, underproductive employee at home than to bring them in to infect everyone so you have a whole workplace filled with sick underproductive employees.