what makes things like 

COVID

so difficult is because there are too many instances where both sides can be true. 

Like in this case -- we are totally in sync about 

malingerers

-- as in the other day my gf who manages appointments for some university program told me everybody's cancelling on her with flu like symptoms, this thought came into my head:

I bet a lot of people are going to start saying they have symptoms and blackball their managers/employers who will have no recourse but to say 'sure take the day off/don't come in'. But this 100% acceptance rate of symptoms can only last for so long if even a minority of people abuse it.

So that's one side of truth. There will definitely be malingerers. But then it's also true that the system before was completely messed up as well. The system in where people were coming in sick! 

Also there's one huge 100 pound cherry ontop of this shit cake. Which is the fact that most 

Americans

have such abysmal lifestyles that their health is in poor shape and they actually are feeling that sick that often.

All of this is basically out of scope for any employers to solve. Tough City