Look at this guy with his sick leave and ability to stay home and rest when he’s sick!
Comment on Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?
TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
bad at it? you literally rest for a week then recover, as opposed to dying. your pretty fucking good at it. you just don’t know how bad it could be
BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 5 weeks ago
What about him?
incompetent@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
He looks well rested.
TheFogan@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Yeah I think the real thing is just not understanding how bad a cold without an immune system would be. IE only real way to put it in context is, read up on what an immune-comprimised individual goes through when they get a cold.
It’s a bit like saying
“why is my countries missile defense so crappy, whenever we’re attacked there’s chunks of metal all over the ground, so much smoke and noise it makes it hard to sleep, why are we so bad at defending from missiles”.
decended_being@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
The real question should be:
Why is our society built around disposable labor and assuming we will be at 100% functionality all the time?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Capitalism
remon@ani.social 5 weeks ago
It isn’t? That’s why you get paid sick leave.
KeefChief13@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Lol good one.
TheFogan@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Trying to figure out if you are joking, or you are from a nicer country that getting paid sick leave is something everyone gets. Good chunk of the american work force, has to negotiate with their boss, go to a doctor that’s going to charge them between $50-$200 so they can tell you “yep you have a cold, here’s a note so you can prove it to your boss”, so you can give that note to your boss and not get fired for taking some UNPAID days off.
remon@ani.social 5 weeks ago
It’s the nicer country.
TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That really depends on what country you live in. The US doesn’t require sick leave AFAIK and Canada only requires 5. So that’s like 300 days where you have to choose between getting better or paying rent. More socially progressive countries get paid sick leave, not everyone.