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“Sick Shaming” Spreads Around the Office

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Feb 04, 2019
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Exasperated office workers are trying a new tactic to get their ill co-workers to stay home: “sick shaming.” Flu season has turned into a nightmare for employees crammed into close-quarters open offices, who will go to great lengths (from confronting coughing co-workers to writing anonymous notes) to avoid getting sick themselves.

—The Wall Street Journal

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