"Fredxx" wrote in message
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On 25/02/2021 14:33, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:16:47 +0000, Andrew wrote:

Is this because of social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing,
fear or inability to get to a GP, or something else ?

See this article in the Inde -

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/h...d-england-phe-
latest-b1805124.html

Probably a combination. I wonder how the Faragist anti-vaxxer-anti-
maskers

I've searched for anything that says Farage in an anti-vaxxer and failed.
Perhaps your google-fu will be better?

Yes I fully accept he is anti-lockdown, though less certain about masks.

will respond to this news, when a grown up has read it to them ?

The most persuasive argument is that the chance for people to spread flu
by dragging their sickbed into their workplace has gone. Proof that a
slightly more generous approach to sick pay could have a dramatic
beneficial effect on public health generally.

For small companies at least, sick pay is paid out of companies profits.

All pay is paid out of profits for all operations that are making a profit.

I'm intrigued what this generous offer might be.

Presumably letting you go off sick whenever you have any infectious illness
at all.