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[taxlady]

1 in 4 Quebecers would go to work with H1N1 flu: poll

There's a recession. There are families living on one pay cheque that had two pay cheques a year ago. Though I don't agree with going to work with the flu, I can understand why some people would feel the need. It's time for the government to step up to the plate and compensate people for lost wages for staying home when they have the flu. Partial compensation, like Employment Insurance would be appropriate.

It's everybody's health that's at risk.

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[zadcat.livejournal.com]

I think if this flu had harsher symptoms they'd have to have done the house calls teams to bring people Tamiflu and collect them to bring to flu wards if they were getting worse. But that's not going to happen now.

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

I doubt they will do it unless it gets really out of hand.

But, back to the original idea of compensating people for lost wages when they stay home. It would be cheaper just to compensate people and take their word for it. I don't think there would be enough cases of fraud that it would pay to set up a system of checking - just monetarily speaking.