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diff --git a/web/blog/posts/sick-in-sweden.md b/web/blog/posts/sick-in-sweden.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0c43c5832d73..000000000000 --- a/web/blog/posts/sick-in-sweden.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -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. |