@Applewood
Going to work with a communicable disease isn't brave or strong.
It's deeply inconsiderate and ignorant.
When some in my company comes to work sick I chew them out and send them home. I don't need them making everyone else sick.
You are right. Going to work when sick was a bad idea all the way around.
And you know, unlike some people, when I'm sick, I'm not very productive. I'm usually drowsy, my head is in a fog and I can't think clearly. All I was doing was keeping the office chair warm. Wasn't really doing anything, and if I was, it most likely was messed up. So why bother going to work?
But I did wise up. Now I'm retired. Sick or well, I don't go out much this time of year. Too many germs floating around.