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Tis the season for sickness – How powering through harms productivity

Following the brutal summer of blazing heat and droughts, the weather has shifted as colder air sweeps through the country. While winter is the time when illness rates peak, a new school year often brings with it a fresh batch of bugs as children spread germs after not seeing each other all summer.

Tis the season for sickness – How powering through harms productivity

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Following the brutal summer of blazing heat and droughts, the weather has shifted as colder air sweeps through the country.

While winter is the time when illness rates peak, a new school year often brings with it a fresh batch of bugs as children spread germs after not seeing each other all summer.

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Following the brutal summer of blazing heat and droughts, the weather has shifted as colder air sweeps through the country. While winter is the time when illness rates peak, a new school year often brings with it a fresh batch of bugs as children spread germs after not seeing each other all summer.

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