WASHINGTON — Americans work far more than most of their peers in the developed world, a habit that not even a global pandemic could halt. Many knowledge-class professionals who have the luxury of working from home (service workers rarely enjoy such benefits, or the benefit of paid sick leave) have chosen to do so even when sick with COVID-19, despite corporate leaders and medical professionals urging against such practices.
“The American mentality is that we just don’t know how to relax and rest,” a Los Angeles emergency care doctor told CNBC.
This week, President Biden became part of the working-through-COVID dilemma that millions of others have experienced in the last two