the thing about covid and illnesses

[Warpy]

5. Well, it's only very recently that it wasn'

I'm old, and I remember having certain reportable illnesses would get you a quarantine notice on the front porch with an expiration date on it and until that date, people were pretty much stuck indoors. Friends, family, and neighbors would put groceries on the front porch, ring the bell, and go. Contact was forbidden until the notice expired. This is what people did before there were many of the vaccines we have now. It's only since the 60s that enforced quarantine hasn't been necessary, although voluntary quarantine has been imposed for people who test positive for TB.

Keeping sick people at home isn't making them social pariahs, it's limiting the spread of infectious disease while allowing them time to rest and recover. It should be common sense, but employers have gotten very stingy with sick time, many not offering it at all. Clearly this is insane.

(And how many times has your food been brought to you by sniffling wait staff while all you can think is "god, I hope it's coke?" )