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Change-Id: I96a2620ffb1d9e98a1d8ce7d97f2c4f58c2dbfd3 Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/603 Reviewed-by: tazjin <mail@tazj.in>
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I\'ve been sick more in the two years in Sweden than in the ten years
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before that.
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Why? I have a theory about it and after briefly discussing it with one
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of my roommates (who is experiencing the same thing) I\'d like to share
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it with you:
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Normally when people get sick, are coughing, have a fever and so on they
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take a few days off from work and stay at home. The reasons are twofold:
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You want to rest a bit in order to get rid of the disease and you want
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to *avoid infecting your co-workers*.
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In Sweden people will drag themselves into work anyways, because of a
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concept called the
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[karensdag](https://www.forsakringskassan.se/wps/portal/sjukvard/sjukskrivning_och_sjukpenning/karensdag_och_forstadagsintyg).
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The TL;DR of this is \'if you take days off sick you won\'t get paid for
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the first day, and only 80% of your salary on the remaining days\'.
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Many people are not willing to take that financial hit. In combination
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with Sweden\'s rather mediocre healthcare system you end up constantly
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being surrounded by sick people, not just in your own office but also on
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public transport and basically all other public places.
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Oh and the best thing about this? Swedish politicians [often ignore
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this](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10506886.ab) rule and
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just don\'t report their sick days. Nice.
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