You cannot be seriously suggesting that government mandated sick leave results in Venezuela. I'm living in a country that provides mandated sick leave (which sh

You cannot be seriously suggesting that government mandated sick leave results in Venezuela. I'm living in a country that provides mandated sick leave (which should be expanded to more casual workers, especially in this context, at least temporarily) and, shockingly, we haven't gone the way of Venezuela. Nobody should have to sell their blood to recover costs - if things are that dire, there needs to be a proper support system in place, and in exceptional times that certainly includes some level of sick leave support for low paid/casual workers.