Its funny because from what I understand GPs/PCPs have been saying that requiring sick notes is actually a waste of doctor's times and that they should just Trust the person saying they're too sick to work lmao. UK moving the opposite direction.
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Sunak said ‘something has gone wrong’ since the pandemic to increase the number of people signed off work for long-term sickness, especially those with mental health conditions.
"Yeah, I wonder what changed..."
1/34 people in the UK self-reported having long-covid as of march last year, and 1/50 (around 2/3s of those reporting) had symptoms lasting more than a year.
But yeah I bet it was woke.
Another day I'm grateful I don't live in perfidious Albion. I still live in a shitty Global North country, but as shit as it may be here, I know it can't get worse than the 
this is the main way i console myself about living in ireland lol. could be worse, i could live in england
The worst/best part? I migrated here.
:cuckpit: get it Rishi
and make it all the UKKK politicians.
Rishi Sunak
sick note culture
Infuriating. Get fucked asshole. People need off from work? It's their goddambed biz. Maybe they need a good wank day off to just to feel alive in this hellscape. Motherfuckin politicians or there openly denigrating the populace. Gotdamn.
Y'all starting to taste our home baked US brand of freedom. Yeah. I know. it really tastes like shit.