The pandemic

I don't need to tell anyone that flu pandemics have been around since the time begun and they will not be going away until the end of animal life its just that historically events around deaths arising from what the medical profession calls flu have been reported differently by historians. So this new flu is another form of a virus. The real hope is that it can be controlled by the vaccine that is currently being developed. There will be people who get very mild symptoms who simply deal with the infections and never even notice it and tragically those who develop complications or even die but as far as the relationship between us and the employer side is concerned there is a lot to be said about the recommendation of CIPD which is to extend self certification of absence due to illness from one to 2 weeks. That surely makes sense if doctors don't want you to be seating in the reception area waiting to be seen or the government doesn't want people going to work and spreading the virus around? I hope this simple step is understood by the 'Department of confusion and contradictions' which is after all the major ministry of the government??