Coronavirus and the Grind Culture

How sick days can save lives

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I’m a cancer survivor. I know what it’s like to be immune compromised. I also used to be a workaholic.

I majored in electrical engineering at MIT. I remember my first all-nighter. I was a freshman taking 6.001, the introductory programming class. I walked home from the computer lab as the sun came up. I lifted my face to the dawn…