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How Sick Is Too Sick for Work?

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When you wake up with the sniffles — or worse — is it best to tough it out and go to work? Or is showing up contagious unfair to your colleagues? Michael Smith, chief medical editor for Web M.D. talks about when it's best to call in sick.

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