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Buckeyeblue

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4. The covid and flu combination are hitting hard this year

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 07:46 AM

Jan 8

It's interesting that this is happening as many companies are mandating 4-5 days of in-office work. In typical corporate fashion, the policy will start as a hard line, and over time it will relax. But until then companies will see a spike in sick time being used.

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We're in the middle of a 12th COVlD wave in the U.S., with transmission particularly high in the Midwest and Northeast. [View all] riversedge Jan 8 OP

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