While health organizations worldwide, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention here in the US, recommend people stay home and avoid contact with others if sick, a recent global poll conducted by Monster found more than three-quarters of respondents (76%) polled go in to the office or work from home when they are ill, rather than resting at home to recuperate. Of the 33,684 people who responded to the poll from 15 countries worldwide, a striking 28% report to work when they are sick because they are afraid they may lose their job in the current economy.
