Honestly found this very surprising! I walk to work, and the thing that would make me think about calling in sick is bad weather. I don’t call in sick because I’m too anxiously attached to my job for that, but it is very often my first thought when I wake up. I imagine with a car, life is that bit more easy (except having to clean snow and ice off a vehicle seems stressful too…)
This is funny. I did have work mate who was sick 3 to 4 days in ewery mont. And he always ride bike to work and back to home.
I use buss and take only 3days sick leave last year.
This one is about people who commute, but would have been interesting to see the numbers of those who work from home.
There have been many times I would’ve been too ill to commute to work (and stay there for the day). But I can and do work from home like 99% of the time. So I rarely take sick leave because I’m rarely too ill to not work from home. And it’s not like there’s a risk of infecting my colleagues either.
Healthier habits = sick less? Or maybe there is also a psychological side to it. As in people who walk or bike are more likely to not want to call in sick for whatever reason.
Breaking news indeed, people whose health allows them to bike in winter don’t get as often sick.
This is same level of observation as people who use sauna a lot have less heart problems 😂
It seems they didn’t study whether traveling by public or private transportation to the work was a factor, or if other exercise would have an effect.
One could hypothesize that public transportation as a infection vector could be a factor. This study could have provided evidence either way.
(Btw, wouldn’t it be nice if these kind of articles linked directly to the studies..)
It’s easy enough to spot those who bike to work: they’re properly woken up right from the start.
I can confirm this. I moved to Europe there years ago, and the last two years, I have been using public transport. I was getting sick literally every three or two months… then the last year, I started to bike and walk, I haven’t been sick in more than 9 months
Mask usage isnt in finnish culture 
Even when using public transport to medical check-in for sick leave time. Seeing ppl coughing while grocery shopping aswell without covering themself is just annoying 
And cycling is refreshing after work 
Regarding public transport, I was an occupational safety ombudsman in an IT company. The *only* insurance claims reported were from slipping at a bus stop coming to/arriving from work.
Its a false positive
If your expectation is to have a runny nose or scratchy throat everyday then you brush it off as normal
If your expectation is to never have any symptoms then any sign of illness warrants sick leave
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Honestly found this very surprising! I walk to work, and the thing that would make me think about calling in sick is bad weather. I don’t call in sick because I’m too anxiously attached to my job for that, but it is very often my first thought when I wake up. I imagine with a car, life is that bit more easy (except having to clean snow and ice off a vehicle seems stressful too…)
This is funny. I did have work mate who was sick 3 to 4 days in ewery mont. And he always ride bike to work and back to home.
I use buss and take only 3days sick leave last year.
This one is about people who commute, but would have been interesting to see the numbers of those who work from home.
There have been many times I would’ve been too ill to commute to work (and stay there for the day). But I can and do work from home like 99% of the time. So I rarely take sick leave because I’m rarely too ill to not work from home. And it’s not like there’s a risk of infecting my colleagues either.
Healthier habits = sick less? Or maybe there is also a psychological side to it. As in people who walk or bike are more likely to not want to call in sick for whatever reason.
Breaking news indeed, people whose health allows them to bike in winter don’t get as often sick.
This is same level of observation as people who use sauna a lot have less heart problems 😂
It seems they didn’t study whether traveling by public or private transportation to the work was a factor, or if other exercise would have an effect.
One could hypothesize that public transportation as a infection vector could be a factor. This study could have provided evidence either way.
[The study](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.70001) is linked from [valtioneuvosto.fi](https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/155392151/less-than-a-fifth-of-working-age-adults-commute-by-foot-or-bike-all-year-round). It seems it is quite tightly focused and doesn’t answer these questions.
(Btw, wouldn’t it be nice if these kind of articles linked directly to the studies..)
It’s easy enough to spot those who bike to work: they’re properly woken up right from the start.
I can confirm this. I moved to Europe there years ago, and the last two years, I have been using public transport. I was getting sick literally every three or two months… then the last year, I started to bike and walk, I haven’t been sick in more than 9 months
Mask usage isnt in finnish culture 
Even when using public transport to medical check-in for sick leave time. Seeing ppl coughing while grocery shopping aswell without covering themself is just annoying 
And cycling is refreshing after work 
Regarding public transport, I was an occupational safety ombudsman in an IT company. The *only* insurance claims reported were from slipping at a bus stop coming to/arriving from work.
Its a false positive
If your expectation is to have a runny nose or scratchy throat everyday then you brush it off as normal
If your expectation is to never have any symptoms then any sign of illness warrants sick leave
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