You really need to be unemployed in order to be properly sick

I've been missing work sick for this week and while they're sort of understanding, theres a definite undertone of feeling pressured to come back in even though I'm still feeling horrible and could get other people sick at my work if I went in. It's been over a decade since I've been unemployed but I'm reminded how nice it was to be sick while not having a job, knowing I had as much time as I needed to recover.