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The gap in sickness numbers is widest in April and May, but the latest statistics for September show that sickness levels are still 17 percent below September last year.
The Austrian Health Insurance Fund attributes the decline to several factors:
unemployment “Anyone who is briefly unemployed and suffers from a daily illness does not usually report that they are ill,” says ÖGK President Andreas Huss (FSG). If longer periods of sick leave, such as mental illness or cancer, are excluded from the statistics, employees have an average of five to six days of sick leave. Huss: “For this reason, he does not usually report that he is sick when he is unemployed.”
Home Office At the central office, many employees would not call in to report sick with a cold or flu-like infection, “because they are at home anyway,” says Huss. “Also, one or another employee could give up the sick note for fear of losing his job.”
Less contacts, better hygiene Reducing social contacts, the Interior Ministry and hygiene measures combined would not only prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but also contain other diseases. Huss: “In Australia, in the southern hemisphere, the flu season is coming to an end. We can see there that infections have decreased by 80 percent ”. Huss, therefore, suggests that crown hygiene “should be maintained in the cold season during flu season: mask, wash hands, keep distance.” Increasing the home office should also be practiced in winter. Huss: “Maintaining hygiene and home office measures after the pandemic should be seriously considered and at least highly recommended.” After all, the conventional flu also costs many lives each year.
