I’m shocked that different people have had different experiences with severity of Covid…or that those with a propensity for dumbassery would abuse the presence of a pandemic to try avoiding work!
Personally, it knocked the shit out of my wife and I for a full 24 hours each but recovered quickly (most likely) thanks to our vaccines. CARES showed no infection-driven antibodies leading up to it, so wasn’t natural immunity.
And for all you WFH-haters, I actually continued to work on all but the worst day…whereas if I’d been a full time office employee, would have been obligated to stay out for another 3-4 days when I was still contagious / feeling bad. So for me, a tenured and experienced employee working in a geo-diverse org, my employer actually gets more productivity out of me by not forcing me to sit in a hotel cube under the guise of ‘team building’ (after spending an hour in the car).