Yes, to a degree. I once got very upset at a co-worker and friend who came to the office very clearly ill with flu and got everyone in our wing sick. I gave it to my immunocompromised dad (living at home at the time), and he spent 9 days in the ICU. I was pissed. This was pre-pandemic.

Her excuse? It was a big day at work. She wasn't wrong. And she probably would have gotten shit had she called out sick that day.

So many of our problems stem from the outdated, disgustingly American mentality of work over everything else. It's changing here, thankfully, but too slowly.