You are also harming other people when you do; maybe your immune system is all fine and dandy, but plenty of people don't have that luxury. Going to work despite feeling sick means you think your desire to portray yourself as a hard worker takes priority over other people's lives.

Boss doesn’t care if I’m sick even if the rest of the office might. Deadlines are still deadlines to him so I worked through my last 3 illnesses.

You sure you'd get in trouble, or are you just assuming? Especially if you still worked from home?

Possibly I've just hit the boss jackpot 11 times in a row, but I've never been punished for staying home when sick. When I've felt capable, I've worked from home when sick, but sometimes I haven't even done that.

Assumptions aside, the rest of the people you're endangering don't care what your boss thinks, so, maybe everyone should reevaluate their priorities. Bosses included.

The irony of judging someone for "maybe assuming" that they might get in trouble, yet completely assuming that they can work from home.

It's kind of hard to pull bricks at the building site or sell groceries at the shop from your living room, you know, cause of the distance and all that.

Yes, I understand that. Congress needs to pass legislation that guarantees a paid thirty days worth of sick leave.

Most importantly, we ought to prohibit requirements for medical documentation in all but the most extreme cases. My service worker friends are legally entitled to paid sick leave, but are unable to use it without a doctor's note. But none of them are provided insurance through their employer.

I know in general the users of this forum are generally loathe to accept government intervention, but the current mechanisms of American capitalism are antagonistic to public health and civil defense.

... or you cannot afford to take unpaid time off

I’m not sure, do people really feel this way, and does it weigh up against the ‘this guy is never coming to the office’ and ‘we won’t pay you if you don’t show up’?