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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Y is it when a man gets a cold it's man flu and they dieing but yet if a woman gets a cold we just carry on n get over it?
Other half has very kindly shared hos cold with me n he had 2 days off work but yet I still have to go do 12 hour shifts! Xz |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not always true.
Where I work the ladies seem to have every other week off due to a hangover or a slight sniffle whereas all the guys (except me but it's for diffrent reasons) have never had a day off sick at all this year |
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We have invented man flu, it's just a cold for men who have women to look after them.
I as a single bloke takes it on the chin as does a single woman who has period pains.
Man flu my arse, get over it 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Not always true.
Where I work the ladies seem to have every other week off due to a hangover or a slight sniffle whereas all the guys (except me but it's for diffrent reasons) have never had a day off sick at all this year "
I have not not had a day of sick this century
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had real flu once. It put me on my arse for about two weeks.
Since then man flu is nothing but a minor inconvenience. Tell him to man the fuck up and crack on. |
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I have not not had a day of sick this century
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Me either, never had a day off sick EVER.... although I've also never had a bonus for going to work when I'm feeling a little under the weather.
I would live so see a statutory "Well Pay" where people get paid extra for not being off sick 
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over a year ago
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I have not not had a day of sick this century
Me either, never had a day off sick EVER.... although I've also never had a bonus for going to work when I'm feeling a little under the weather.
I would live so see a statutory "Well Pay" where people get paid extra for not being off sick
Cal"
So you don't get extra pay for going to work ill?
What do you get for doing that then?
Have never understood the way people drag themselves into work with heavy colds, spreading their bugs to friends, colleagues and customers. Knew a woman who died from pneumonia. It developed after she caught a cold. Wonder how and from whom she caught it? Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold
If someone is ill, they should stay away from work situations - it's not just them that can be affected |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I have not not had a day of sick this century
Me either, never had a day off sick EVER.... although I've also never had a bonus for going to work when I'm feeling a little under the weather.
I would live so see a statutory "Well Pay" where people get paid extra for not being off sick
Cal
So you don't get extra pay for going to work ill?
What do you get for doing that then?
Have never understood the way people drag themselves into work with heavy colds, spreading their bugs to friends, colleagues and customers. Knew a woman who died from pneumonia. It developed after she caught a cold. Wonder how and from whom she caught it? Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold
If someone is ill, they should stay away from work situations - it's not just them that can be affected "
I don't get ill .
my kids don't get ill either
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So you don't get extra pay for going to work ill?
What do you get for doing that then?
Have never understood the way people drag themselves into work with heavy colds, spreading their bugs to friends, colleagues and customers. Knew a woman who died from pneumonia. It developed after she caught a cold. Wonder how and from whom she caught it? Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold
If someone is ill, they should stay away from work situations - it's not just them that can be affected "
Obviously everyone has to assess their own condition and the impact in others, I personally rarely get ill in any way, and if I do, do it at the weekend.
Far too many people take time off far too easily. It costs the economy £29bn a year (according to a BBC article recently). |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have not not had a day of sick this century
Me either, never had a day off sick EVER.... although I've also never had a bonus for going to work when I'm feeling a little under the weather.
I would live so see a statutory "Well Pay" where people get paid extra for not being off sick
Cal
So you don't get extra pay for going to work ill?
What do you get for doing that then?
Have never understood the way people drag themselves into work with heavy colds, spreading their bugs to friends, colleagues and customers. Knew a woman who died from pneumonia. It developed after she caught a cold. Wonder how and from whom she caught it? Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold
If someone is ill, they should stay away from work situations - it's not just them that can be affected
I don't get ill .
my kids don't get ill either
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Then you have no need to take time off sick and no need to brag about it. You are very lucky too. Hopefully you never find fault with people who do take time off sick when they are ill? Else you are part of a system that forces many workers to work when they are ill, especially if you say stuff like I've never had a day off ill this century!
I have a relative who is very ill with chronic COP. If I pass a simple cold to that person this winter, it may well kill her. If I see someone at work with a heavy cold I won't to be too pleased |
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By (user no longer on site)
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So you don't get extra pay for going to work ill?
What do you get for doing that then?
Have never understood the way people drag themselves into work with heavy colds, spreading their bugs to friends, colleagues and customers. Knew a woman who died from pneumonia. It developed after she caught a cold. Wonder how and from whom she caught it? Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold
If someone is ill, they should stay away from work situations - it's not just them that can be affected
Obviously everyone has to assess their own condition and the impact in others, I personally rarely get ill in any way, and if I do, do it at the weekend.
Far too many people take time off far too easily. It costs the economy £29bn a year (according to a BBC article recently)."
Wonder how they got that figure? Who is going to admit to phoning in sick when they could have gone to work?
And does that figure take into account the reduced output of sick workers when at work? And the reduced output of colleagues who have caught their bugs? Or the cost to the health service?
It might even be a false economy long-term |
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Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold."
And jus for clarity, a cold is a virus. How "heavy" the symptoms appear have no bearing on how that particular strain of virus will impact another person.
Your cold virus will also be contagious for 2-3 days before you show any symptoms, and if your immune system is effective enough, you may never even realise you had a cold at all.
NHS direct advise people to attend work unless they don't feel well enough.
Cal |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For the love of Allah Jehovah Krishna and Buddha....
Somebody anybody please...
It's a fucking cold not influenza!
I could have an in growing toenail but it doesn't make it an amputation!
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By (user no longer on site)
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Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold.
And jus for clarity, a cold is a virus. How "heavy" the symptoms appear have no bearing on how that particular strain of virus will impact another person.
Your cold virus will also be contagious for 2-3 days before you show any symptoms, and if your immune system is effective enough, you may never even realise you had a cold at all.
NHS direct advise people to attend work unless they don't feel well enough.
Cal"
Well NHS Direct is not likely to say don't go to work if you feel ok, is it?
I understand that a cold will be lurking before symptoms show but, once they have shown, how sensible is it to spread it?
If you had HIV, you wouldn't fuck people bareback on here, I'm sure. Why do people think it's acceptable to spread their bugs when they clearly have one? It just gets passed around everyone then.
As for talking of a heavy cold, that's simply the most indefensible - someone with a mild cold, I can, of course, see how they feel an obligation to work, but someone with a very heavy cold is being stupid and thoughtless. They are simply endangering the health of others. And they certainly shouldn't feel pride in working in such a state. They also perpetuate the system that forces people into work when they are not fit.... as does the phrase "man flu". As I said in my first post, perhaps women who go to work with "man flu" are just foolish? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold.
And jus for clarity, a cold is a virus. How "heavy" the symptoms appear have no bearing on how that particular strain of virus will impact another person.
Your cold virus will also be contagious for 2-3 days before you show any symptoms, and if your immune system is effective enough, you may never even realise you had a cold at all.
NHS direct advise people to attend work unless they don't feel well enough.
Cal
Well NHS Direct is not likely to say don't go to work if you feel ok, is it?
I understand that a cold will be lurking before symptoms show but, once they have shown, how sensible is it to spread it?
If you had HIV, you wouldn't fuck people bareback on here, I'm sure. Why do people think it's acceptable to spread their bugs when they clearly have one? It just gets passed around everyone then.
As for talking of a heavy cold, that's simply the most indefensible - someone with a mild cold, I can, of course, see how they feel an obligation to work, but someone with a very heavy cold is being stupid and thoughtless. They are simply endangering the health of others. And they certainly shouldn't feel pride in working in such a state. They also perpetuate the system that forces people into work when they are not fit.... as does the phrase "man flu". As I said in my first post, perhaps women who go to work with "man flu" are just foolish?"
What if people cant afford the time off work and need to work even if they have a cold because lets be honest statuary sick pay isnt the best is it  |
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"What if people cant afford the time off work and need to work even if they have a cold because lets be honest statuary sick pay isnt the best is it "
Atishoooo
It depends on what job you do to be honest. It's not a matter of whether you feel up to the job or whether you think all is ok.
It's all about what your work colleagues think about you spreading your germs  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What if people cant afford the time off work and need to work even if they have a cold because lets be honest statuary sick pay isnt the best is it
Atishoooo
It depends on what job you do to be honest. It's not a matter of whether you feel up to the job or whether you think all is ok.
It's all about what your work colleagues think about you spreading your germs "
You could spread your germs on a day off going to the chemist or doctors |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Wonder if that person had a lot of pride going to work or shopping or whatever when he/she had a heavy cold.
And jus for clarity, a cold is a virus. How "heavy" the symptoms appear have no bearing on how that particular strain of virus will impact another person.
Your cold virus will also be contagious for 2-3 days before you show any symptoms, and if your immune system is effective enough, you may never even realise you had a cold at all.
NHS direct advise people to attend work unless they don't feel well enough.
Cal
Well NHS Direct is not likely to say don't go to work if you feel ok, is it?
I understand that a cold will be lurking before symptoms show but, once they have shown, how sensible is it to spread it?
If you had HIV, you wouldn't fuck people bareback on here, I'm sure. Why do people think it's acceptable to spread their bugs when they clearly have one? It just gets passed around everyone then.
As for talking of a heavy cold, that's simply the most indefensible - someone with a mild cold, I can, of course, see how they feel an obligation to work, but someone with a very heavy cold is being stupid and thoughtless. They are simply endangering the health of others. And they certainly shouldn't feel pride in working in such a state. They also perpetuate the system that forces people into work when they are not fit.... as does the phrase "man flu". As I said in my first post, perhaps women who go to work with "man flu" are just foolish?
What if people cant afford the time off work and need to work even if they have a cold because lets be honest statuary sick pay isnt the best is it "
Indeed. Anne is in that precise situation
Of course I understand the need to work when ill - there are financial pressures and pressures from employers. I am not really blaming people who work when sick, just asking them to consider the full implications. If they get sick pay and work when ill, they are being foolish in the extreme, I'd suggest, and, let's be honest, many do |
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"What if people cant afford the time off work and need to work even if they have a cold because lets be honest statuary sick pay isnt the best is it
Atishoooo
It depends on what job you do to be honest. It's not a matter of whether you feel up to the job or whether you think all is ok.
It's all about what your work colleagues think about you spreading your germs
You could spread your germs on a day off going to the chemist or doctors "
Which is why the proper thing to do with a cold is stay at home and ask a friend or relative to get some Lemsip or something similar from the chemists. There's no point or need to see your GP |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Thing that gets me I used to work in a care home, we looked after really old people, we didn't get sick pay, yet when there was an outbreak of d and v a few times and the staff all went down with it, we were told to be off for 48 hours (in my opinion if you clearly caught it at work and told to stay off you should get some kind of payment) yet the managers all treated us like we should be in; despite us throwing up etc, some even did go back in and this just prolonged it all. |
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Last time I got flu I couldn't stand up and lost over 2 weeks. I had to get help in. I've had operations and been poorly but always managed to stand up and see to the kids. In that 2 weeks I couldn't stand up at all. As soon as I could stand I staggered downstairs and didn't even realise weeks had past. I came round and had missed Christmas 
Admitted im diabetic so it's possibly harder for my immune system but I've never been one to stop life because of a cold. Kids still need feeding.
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"What if people cant afford the time off work and need to work even if they have a cold because lets be honest statuary sick pay isnt the best is it
Atishoooo
It depends on what job you do to be honest. It's not a matter of whether you feel up to the job or whether you think all is ok.
It's all about what your work colleagues think about you spreading your germs
You could spread your germs on a day off going to the chemist or doctors "
That's entirely what they want you to think, we are all susceptible to ordinary day crap innit  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Man flu is real, taken from the Independent "Scientists from Harvard University have discovered that the female sex hormone oestrogen fortifies the immune system".
Telegraph " For years women have cried “man flu” when men make a fuss over a few sniffles.
But a new study suggests that men may actually suffer more when they are struck down with flu - because high levels of testosterone can weaken their immune response.
The study by Stanford University School of Medicine, examined the reactions of men and women to vaccination against flu.
It found women generally had a stronger antibody response to the jab than men, giving them better protection against the virus.
Men with lower testosterone levels also had a better immune response, more or less equivalent to that of women. ".
So if Harvard and Stanford so man flu is real, I ain't gonna argue with them. |
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By *otsMan
over a year ago
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Well all I can say is it really messed me up because I've had pneumonia.
So any bad cold is serious.
As it happens I'm laid up now thanks to colleagues coughing and hacking this past month it's finally caught up with me fff's.
2 and a bit days holiday wasted!
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