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If you have the flu when is it safe to return to work again?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Fever free: Good rule of thumb with infectious diseases is you need to be fever free for 24 hours. Just think of the golden rule - if you would be upset if someone else came to work in your condition, then you shouldn't be there either.
Answered 1/30/2020
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A week from 1st Sx: Many people can be fever free after 24 hrs on Tamiflu or other antivirals. However they can still spread the flu in droplets from a cough or saliva. You are considered contagious for 7 days from the 1st symptom, fever.
Answered 1/7/2018
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