Re:South Korea's drive-through testing for coronavirus
by indecisive_user on Friday March 13, 2020 @09:15PM
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I disagree that the solution to "missing out too much" when you're sick is to go to work anyway and risk infecting co-workers.
According to the CDC, the average adult gets the common cold 2-3 times per year with symptoms lasting 7-10 days[1]. So it's more like 2-4 weeks per year, but I would imagine that number would decrease if you didn't have people coming into work sick in the first place (again, I recognize not every job will allow for this). Hong Kong's flu season apparently ended early this year due to the self isolation of sick people[2].
According to the CDC, the average adult gets the common cold 2-3 times per year with symptoms lasting 7-10 days[1]. So it's more like 2-4 weeks per year, but I would imagine that number would decrease if you didn't have people coming into work sick in the first place (again, I recognize not every job will allow for this). Hong Kong's flu season apparently ended early this year due to the self isolation of sick people[2].
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/features/rhinoviruses/index.html
[2] https://www.ft.com/content/ad7ae6b4-5eab-11ea-b0ab-339c2307b...