Over the Counter Medicines Help Spread the Flu?

There was a study done on this and they found that OTC drugs, like Tylenol, Motrin, or aspirin, etc. were in this way helping spread the flu. Once a person with the flu took an OTC fever, aches, and pain reducer they would toddle off to work no longer feeling the negative symptoms, yet unknowingly still contagious. If you have fever (even the kind reduced by OTC drugs) you need to stay away from the work place until the fever is gone for 24 hours without said OTC drugs. This is pretty much the same rule you would use for school children, a rule I heard from many a school nurse. You may think your boss won’t like you missing work but he may rethink that if suddenly everyone else at work (including the boss) comes down with the same virus. If you had to go I suppose you could wear a paper mask over your mouth and nose like I see the people in Japan sporting in many photos. I am not sure how much good it would do your coworkers but I think it would do wonders for your personal space.