Should you work when you're ill?

And how to manage if you have to

Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash

I’ve been ill this week. My partner’s also got it, my friend Jools has it, my daughter’s friend has it, and Boots and Superdrug have all the cold and flu remedies front and centre. We are officially in sick season.

For me, it is a cold - one that blocks my sinuses and makes the top half of my face swell up like a pumpk…