To expect people ill with Covid stay home?

Another one who I’m sure is hiding behind internet forum anonymity as there’s no way anyone would devalue life (particularly of those vulnerable members of society) to the extent that their days pay is worth more.

Shame on you if you genuinely are so selfish. Pleading poverty and being a “Pauper” is no excuse for rock bottom morals. It’s shameful you imply it is giving the generosity of many who have so little.

"A few pennies in the bank".
Nope - a full day's pay. That's a lot for many of us "paupers" you know, it's not money we can afford to lose.

Yep, I'm going to work with a cold for sure - and why test for Covid? So yes, my cold might be Covid, who knows? There's no test for flu is there and that's contagious too.
No work, no pay in my case, I can't WFH, so I'm definitely going in so I can pay the rent.
A day off ill unpaid is a luxury I can't afford.
And those that say oh it's just a day - surely it isn't for Covid? How many days does one suggest to stay off?

I’m sure you wouldn’t be expressing these views in real life without the cloak of anonymity of an internet forum as no-one would have such rock bottom morals as to say the life of anyone, even a stranger, is worth less than a few pennies in their bank.

There is no-one (I hope) who would openly express such greed that they’d value (to use examples from previous) school clothing, basic hygiene products, or even a missed mortgage payment ahead of someone’s life.

i mean, there’s people literally sacrificing organs, donating bone marrow, and genuinely putting others first and you are saying you wouldn’t even spare a few pennies to save someone’s life. I genuinely don’t believe it and if it’s true, you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.

Ask my 4 colleagues who died in the 1st wave no vaccinations available. The one was recently married only 30 yrs old.

Or I my dear got my experience looking after pregnant women with flu who were very poorly & had to be looked after in maternity HDU.

Work it out

can you explain as your autocorrect to irony makes no sense

Eh? You accuse someone of trolling purely because they say someone’s life is more important than financial matters? Come on, that’s a new low

Agwncy hourly rates are NMW HTH.

Yes of course they should. Agency hourly rates include an element for sick leave. Besides even if they didn’t, it’s the right thing to do, whether or not or how much your paid shouldn’t come into it.

Hmm I’ve had occasions where I’ve found myself unwell whilst travelling which is horrible being holed up in a hotel, sometimes in a different country, with no-one to get meds etc. not asking for sympathy, just explaining that your view of “cushy” isn’t all you might think it is.

edit to clarify: clearly I’ve become unwell whilst travelling rather than being unwell and travelled

You would hope !

The irony 🙄

You must be trolling because there’s no way you are this dense

Yet another incredibly privileged and out of touch take from you. Open your eyes to the reality of the world outside of your bubble.

Wow. I’m shocked. No-one’s life should ever come second in the way you describe

But you wouldnt be working away from home if you got covid becsuse you have the option of WFH
Not everyone has that option
The job market is brutal out there at the moment my 19 has just strarted working in a warehouse its agency so the work isnt guranteed
Obviously as his mum im never going to chuck him out and let him starve if the work dries up

But there are men and women with families doing precarious agency work as there is no other option and you think they should stay at home every time they they feel unwell
You havent lived

Well manager is indeed being a selfish arse - if he can work from home he doesn’t necessarily have to be off sick but should stay at home in my opinion - most of the people talking about having to go in have jobs I would think where they don’t get sick pay or are self employed in some way , so basically don’t work- don’t earn

Correct. I’ve no idea why anyone should live in that situation where their outgoings are so at odds with their incomings. They need to cut their outgoings and / or increase incomings as being in a situation of not being able to afford a days sick (!) is not sustainable

Because they are at home tests you can buy and doctors you can go to.

Doing this is just goading. If they want to know the name of what they have and waste their money on bits of single use plastic fine, but why tell the world.
I neither test, nor give a damn about what other people are doing. Live and let live OP.

You’re missing the point of the thread… it’s not about staying at home to protect the nhs, it’s about protecting others health and wellbeing.

I mean, surely even you can see that you’d personally also benefit from that?

it’s something we’d all benefit from if we just play our part when the time comes. And it’s not like anyone is asking anyone to making any huge sacrifices, they’re literally just asking people to wfh if possible and / or rest up till they’re feeling better… where is the sacrifice in that?!

Financial greed to keep the heating on in winter, buy my kids clothes for school, feed them, feed myself and my partner, buy basic hygiene items, fuel my car?
yes those things are more important than the lives of people I do not know and may never know incase they catch an illness from me going to work.

Your privilege and inability to think critically is showing. You ought to be embarrassed.

It’s the keeping it at the expense of others health but you’re missing. You seem to only consider what’s no further than the end of your own nose. I suggest you consider your contribution to society more broadly rather than just thinking of yourself.