My Facebook friends are all sick. I wonder if there is a wonk at Facebook graphing the rising trend of the status updates including the words "sick" and "ill" and "coughing a lung out."

In the comment section of the previous post, Western Dave writes, "Significant
Other and I have been dealing with major stress with sick kids. It's
been over a month since either of us spent a full week at work. Any
chance of having an open thread or discussion on this?"

My kids are healthy right now (salt, wood, spit) and I don't have to be in the classroom, so I am not dealing with work pressures and vomit on the floor right now. But sick kids and work have been a huge issue for us in the past, example here and here.

So open thread. Vent. What reforms should be made?

UPDATE: Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu Pandemic 

UPDATE2: Check out Jill at Feministe.