Originally Posted by Percist
I know many of you seem to be invincible-never falling ill, always riding to work-but for those of you who aren't: How sick are you before you don't commute?
If I'm too sick to ride in, I'm too sick to be at work.
Originally Posted by Percist
I drove today but with a hacking cough and head congestion I didn't want to feel like crap arriving at work. I probably could have powered through like I did yesterday but since I feel worse today anyway I figured it wasn't worth it.
As a clinical microbiologist, research virologist, and biological engineer, allow me to offer some advice:
GO HOME.
If you've got a congested hacking cough, you don't need to be at work spreading the love for everyone else to come down with it. Even if you work in a private office, every doorknob, every faucet handle, every piece of paper and everything you touch is potentially infectious. Take a sick day, go home and recover over the weekend.
Originally Posted by Percist
How often are you out of commision for illness (non crash related)?
Almost never. I've got some kind of crazy immune system that knocks most things out in a day. My issue is migraines, and I get about 4 a year that are bad enough to keep me home for a day; and somehow they seem to hit me on the weekend.
