Quote Originally Posted by pathetic sheep View Post
I broke a nail on my middle finger. It bled a little bit. I enthusiastically reported it to my manager and her manager and the manager of another department. It was a good day.

I did not get any treatment. I did not get to go to either the workmanscomp doctor or my doctor. Not even a nurse or medical technician. It went untreated. I have not died yet.
A broken nail is clearly not an illness, nor can it even reasonably be considered to be an injury. But for example something as simple as the measles can technically kill you if gone untreated, it's not common but it happens, and rubella if a woman contracts it during pregnancy can cause still birth or birth defects in the baby. Many things that are considered minor by modern society actually killed people regularly earlier in history, because of the lack of adequate healthcare.