Article: New York Doctor: Do Your Boss A Favor, Call In Sick If You Have the Flu.

By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 18--Sore, scratchy throat, headache, hacking cough and clogged nose -- this is a checklist of symptoms more than a few Western New Yorkers have battled this cold and flu season.

These are also the elements of that age-old dilemma: Am I too sick to go to work?

It turns out this is a multiple-choice question. For some, neither phlegm, nor fever will keep them from their appointed rounds. For others, the smallest sniffle results in a day at home on the couch.

In the middle ground are the rest, who attempt to rationally weigh the pros of showing up at ...

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