As someone who overthinks everything, I’ve stopped telling people to “feel better soon” when they are sick b/c I don’t want them to think they need to get back to work ASAP. Now I say, “Hope you take the time you need to get some good rest in!”
Side note: this goes to show that COVID numbers are wayyyy higher than what’s reported. We only know because our child got at-home tests from school. Eligibility for PCR tests has changed since the early days of the pandemic and the at-home tests are not reportable.