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These aren't shots from the movie outbreak -- actual emergency triage unit at a Pennsylvania hospital more are going up.

Set up for reading a surge in the latest flu cases and it's not just hospitals across America that are appealing run now.

So is the American workplace and now a new study -- that workers are actually afraid.

To call in sick out of fear of losing their jobs so that -- making this flu outbreak even war.

Yes they absolutely unemployment still at seven point 8% and I think managers in companies are and why do not do enough.

To tell people to stay at home but.

I think that fear is is right and just people are -- In deep deep fear of getting fired from.

Yeah they reported a guy like Adam taken it and run and a mile -- yeah.

Now apples and it out of work a few weeks -- and -- but but that ended and we obviously got to do something about that but it is a real probable zero there is a justified.

-- is it isn't a real is -- a real fear of love losing your job course and -- the sad thing here is growing in on this show anytime you want animate object.

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-- I'm clearly not elevated.

The root of the real fear and -- obviously is for people who make their money by the hour debate they get sick they don't they don't get paid period -- I don't watch the need to worry about -- -- this thing is that an economic tragedy but all employers are doing themselves a dis service by having sick people in the office that's gonna get other people think -- event.

Stein what what what is it like out where you are -- it is it.

Is it building and it's something where all right the state officials are saying aren't as we got a -- our hands we're gonna start telling employers tell their folks stay -- home.

Well I'm in Washington DC today so out where I am is that -- way but I'll tell you study about how scared people are.

Last night I was watching sky fall the new James Bond movie for the tenth time great movie.

And people one woman's side coughing and every one in the theater moved away from -- are terrified and with good reason why a vicious blow and people should not -- -- to work whether he's -- and that is extremely socially irresponsible.

-- Let's we've come a long way from take this job and seven but I gotta tell you there's a joke and in my company.

That you have to quit or be fired to Vic a day off as well it felt like.

-- -- a lot of -- 1101000.

Dollars and you've got itself but because it.

What is the what -- they tell me on the straight up they want to.

They have been at work but it hit the -- you really -- -- policy you have to be you're dead.

Yeah well listen you're sick you're sick you know but I haven't you and and are you saying that I don't know what it takes -- -- hundred -- business -- -- -- -- -- the I don't -- that's where doctors notes but I got but you do have yet legitimately sick yes you'd that they didn't really selling like -- -- -- -- yeah.

-- -- talent a god given talent up.

I'd look to see the margin of error on the serve.

It's -- where where -- generally a nation of wimps and whiners and complain there's.

And he just because -- flu -- just strikes me that people worry this.

They would sue if they got fired.

Overtaken they often -- at this is a nation -- so where people sue you for anything.

You know I -- Zandi now any greens that people who are nervous about there's stability of work they don't go -- I I don't think -- great numbers now.

I think I think most people know that most employers know that you fire somebody for taken -- the -- when they're not gonna say you were fired -- that -- Charles is that why it is that everybody.

Jones about an unrelated reasons as his zoos and didn't tell kids sick fly now than gas Carlyle.

Atlantic construction -- -- he would get them the -- he does and I concedes it -- what is.

Is this move on it's laid -- -- -- But yeah.

What happens in Vegas alone life then I'll sit right there -- off him and I -- say not another good and I.

We're in a brilliant I think that we work through pain and that's been one of the reasons that people do go to war because they'd like working.

Because they hate their spouses and I don't want to -- now.

My.

I'm not yeah.

It's regularly got a guy that was an innocent particularly wanted to do I don't know if this is two up two down -- -- -- picking up why doesn't.

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