But, anyway, for many workers, taking unpaid sick leave isn't even an option. We heard from one of our E tū members, Marina—she is a cleaner. She talked to us about how she had to take unpaid sick leave and was worried about how to put bread on the table for her children. That's how dire it gets for some of those workers out there. And the pressure of a toughing-it-out culture and risking infecting others, E tū mentioned, has created a culture of heroism. That really isn't on in these days.