What a difference a few years and a full medical license make!

Back in February of 2020 I was a lowly resident working an ICU block in a small Midwestern town. I ended up seeing some of the first covid positive patients for our hospital and then (surprise surprise) getting a case of the ‘Rona myself! I was informed by my residency directly that I would have to use 10 days of vacation before my “sick leave” would kick in. That sort of sucked because that was all the vacation I had left for the year, but we all thought the world was ending and I didn’t really have any way to complain, so I just spend the 3 weeks total in quarantine playing video games and having long political arguments with my stuffed animals (and by the way, they have some crazy ideas btw… it’s like they have stuffing for brains!). Anyway, fast forward to now. I am married, have a medical license, and a “real job”. I started feeling sick on Friday, texted my boss and he had me home test. Low and behold, I am positive for COVID. He informs me that I will not be able to go back to work for 1 week, and that I will have paid sick leave. Wow… I have been watching duck tales, eating red hots by the bad (it helps counteract the bad taste you get from Paxlovid (gross COVID meds) and just chilling with my wife. Still wish I weren’t sick but who am I to complain?