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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is home today with the flu.  My spouse is caring for him.

I’m in the office, staying in my office with the door closed so I don’t get anyone sick.  Frustrating because up until Monday, I could have teleworked in this situation and avoided the commute and risk to others.  [/quote]

Sorry PP. I'm a remote hire who's still WFH because they haven't assigned me space yet (but don't be too jealous, I expect to have a 4.5 hour multimodal round trip each day soon!). One of my kids and I had the flu sequentially over the last two weeks, with the kid home sick for a week and then me. Of course I used my leave to take care of the kid, trading off with my spouse, and then worked from home when I was ill. I was grateful for the timing but I'm not looking forward to going back to the pre-covid reality of using all my sick leave for kids and then dragging myself to work when I catch it. [/quote]

You were working from home with the “flu”? Come on! [/quote]

Yes, because I took a bunch of sick leave when my kid was home sick? You can't take care of a 5 year old while teleworking. You can sneeze a lot and cover yourself with blankets while shivering in front of your laptop.

I did go in to work sick before covid because of this too. It sucked. [/quote]

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