Nearly a quarter of the American labor force must report to work when ill.

 

コロナ流行中は季節性インフルが激減。コロナの影響もあるかもしれんが、ソーシャルディスタンスとかマスクとか行動の変化による影響が大きいだろう、と。

　今後も、ワクチンとマスクなどでインフル感染減少に努めよう！という趣旨の記事だが、面白いのは、

Certainly, methods for knocking out the flu need not be limited to successful pandemic interventions. Many experts advocated for changes they said were long overdue even before the pandemic began, chief among them paid sick leave, which every wealthy country in the world except the U.S guarantees. As a result, nearly a quarter of the American labor force must report to work when ill. Among the bottom quartile of earners, that proportion is more than half.

“There’s a real culture … that if you’re not on your deathbed or you’re not going to the hospital, that you’re fine to go to work,” Rasmussen told me. “If you’re sick, you should stay home. It seems like a no-brainer, but people are actually really resistant to that.

アメリカでは４分の１の人が病気でも出勤、所得が少ない方から２５％に限ると半分以上の人が病気でも出勤している、ー有給病欠制度がないからだ、と。

日本でも熱がでても出勤という風潮があるが、アメリカでもあるんだね。