{"id":1208,"date":"2016-01-08T22:14:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/08\/life-hacks-to-help-you-avoid-catching-or-spreading-that-nasty-office-cold\/"},"modified":"2016-01-08T22:14:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T14:14:39","slug":"life-hacks-to-help-you-avoid-catching-or-spreading-that-nasty-office-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/01\/08\/life-hacks-to-help-you-avoid-catching-or-spreading-that-nasty-office-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Life hacks to help you avoid catching (or spreading) that nasty office cold"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It might be you, it might be your co-worker, but at some point this winter, someone\u2019s going to show up at the office when they shouldn\u2019t. Dragging ourselves to work sick \u2014 a behavior social scientists call \u201cpresenteeism\u201d \u2014 costs employers $160 billion a year in lost productivity, according to research published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine<\/em>. Avoid spreading sickness with this handy guide to the best desk disinfectants, immunity-boosting snacks, and other advice for staying germ-free. Be well!<\/p>\n

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Ask an infectious disease specialist: Should I call in sick?<\/h3>\n

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Michael Zimring, an infectious disease expert at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, addresses your winter bug bugaboos<\/em> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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It might be you, it might be your co-worker, but at some point this winter, someone\u2019s going to show up at the office when they shouldn\u2019t. Dragging ourselves to work sick \u2014 a behavior social scientists call \u201cpresenteeism\u201d \u2014 costs … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[804,727,805,788,806],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-flu-season","tag-health-fitness","tag-jobs","tag-lifestyle","tag-work-play"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}