When the numbers are broken down, it turns out that 61% favor the part of the legislation that prohibits insurers from dropping people when they get sick while 64% like the parts that stop private health insurance companies from denying coverage to those who have pre-existing conditions.

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The idea that vandalism might be on the wane - that the authorities have somehow got it under control - will sound like a sick joke to those that have to live with it every day.

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Later on, all of us got sick one by one, and all this came from another worker that came to work sick like me, but was not allowed to leave work.

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If you find a tweet that's clearly mislabeled (like someone bragging that their new car is "sick"), click a button to let the app know they're not actually sick.

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Twitter users may cringe at the thought that their tweet about the cat getting sick will outlive them like this, but they should celebrate, then make their next tweet really good.

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Biodiversity may be the name of the game on Earth, but for many mammals, like Homo sapiens, there are also easily 1200 known pathogens that make us sick or kill us.

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The two-time SEC player of the year, like most of the Wildcats, was sick before the game bitten by a flu bug that was sweeping through the team.

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"The woman who won ate the last bowl in four seconds and then ran outside to be sick where as I didn't so I've learned I should have had a game plan like that, " she said.

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The mayor also advised sick people not to go to work or school, and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick reminded residents that common sense measures like washing hands and sneezing into their sleeve can help.

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