No wonder a lot of people complain that they got the shot and got sick anyway, or even that they suspect the shot gave them the flu.

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And of course, the upshot of all this is anything but abstract: doctors are left ignorant about the drugs they are prescribing, and which will make their patients sick or get well, or even live or die.

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Beginning in October 2015, the mandate will extend to businesses with 15 or more workers, providing even more workers with the sick-leave benefit.

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On its face, it might apply to an employee who called in sick and then went to the ballgame--or even to a judge who used his office to get a first rate corner table in a restaurant for himself and his significant other.

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They can refuse to buy any insurance until they get sick with some costly illness such as cancer or heart disease (or even just need some costly dental work).

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The people who need it the most are the ones who are not able to get to it - who are housebound because they're already sick, because they're children or they're elderly and they simply can't travel even to get to the food drop.

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