I had an interesting discussion with one of my lovely gentlemen yesterday about the Swine Fever outbreak, which is terrible.
He mentioned that he worked in a field that requires strict levels of hygiene to eliminate contamination, and the company that he worked for had imposed, like a lot of companies have a stringent check on all of their staff.
He mentioned an IT bod who was due at the factory to update some systems, who had phoned in saying he couldn’t attend work as he had been sneezing, and under the Swine Fever guidelines, would not be allowed into the factory. My lovely gentleman commented that hi co-worker was a hay-fever sufferer, and was neither ill nor had Swine Fever, and was taking advantage of a very sad situation.
Which got me thinking. Is this recent outbreak any worse than the Bird Flu, or the SARS virus of a few years ago? And what is about human nature that people will take advantage of any loophole going?
I wonder how much in lost time this latest virus will cost industry? A highly inflated amount I bet!
Ellie x
