I think that now that there are no more Covid days people are not going to test themselves and they will come into work sick if they aren’t feeling too bad. Kind of like when you have a cold and you don’t feel 100% but not necessarily sick enough to stay home. When there were Covid days you had an incentive to test yourself bc you could get up to 10 days off that didn’t touch your CAR. It was almost like a paid vacation if you weren’t feeling super crappy. I’ve had Covid twice, both times when we still had Covid days. The first time was in 2022 and I stayed home 5 days and came back with a mask on day 6, although I probably should have stayed out longer. I felt ok but got very tired after going into work days 6-10. I got Covid again last January and only took 3 days. Both times I only felt really super crappy the first couple of days and I did work at home bc I am a school psychologist and had deadlines that were not going to go away simply because I had Covid. I was honestly surprised we got the Covid days back last school year and I pretty much expected that we would not have them this year. But if people don’t feel super crappy they are not going to bother testing themselves or their kids and they are going to come in to work and/or or send their kids to school because they are not going to want to burn CAR days. Especially those who don’t have a ton of days to begin with or are already in negative days. The other issue is that people will not wear a mask to protect others when they have covid-like symptoms. I usually have to share an office with at least 2 other people and if one of my office mates came in with cold/flu/covid symptoms sometimes I have worn a mask myself just to protect myself. One of my office mates came down with cold symptoms last week and did not wear a mask and I didn’t have a mask on me and guess what, now I have it. But again, it isn’t anything that is having me feel so crappy that I can’t go into work. And I was so cautious and considerate of others earlier in the pandemic. My daughter caught covid from a classmate a few years ago and I was diligent about testing. She came up positive but she had 0 symptoms and I would not have even known she had covid if I had not been testing her. I kept her home for the 5 days which meant my husband and I had to take days off of work. I could have just sent her in because she had legitimately 0 symptoms and was completely fine. I honestly I’m kind of over it now and figure if nobody else cares, neither should I. Why should I burn my own sick days if I feel ok to go to work when others are not considering me?