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+I\'ve been sick more in the two years in Sweden than in the ten years
+before that.
+
+Why? I have a theory about it and after briefly discussing it with one
+of my roommates (who is experiencing the same thing) I\'d like to share
+it with you:
+
+Normally when people get sick, are coughing, have a fever and so on they
+take a few days off from work and stay at home. The reasons are twofold:
+You want to rest a bit in order to get rid of the disease and you want
+to *avoid infecting your co-workers*.
+
+In Sweden people will drag themselves into work anyways, because of a
+concept called the
+[karensdag](https://www.forsakringskassan.se/wps/portal/sjukvard/sjukskrivning_och_sjukpenning/karensdag_och_forstadagsintyg).
+The TL;DR of this is \'if you take days off sick you won\'t get paid for
+the first day, and only 80% of your salary on the remaining days\'.
+
+Many people are not willing to take that financial hit. In combination
+with Sweden\'s rather mediocre healthcare system you end up constantly
+being surrounded by sick people, not just in your own office but also on
+public transport and basically all other public places.
+
+Oh and the best thing about this? Swedish politicians [often ignore
+this](https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article10506886.ab) rule and
+just don\'t report their sick days. Nice.