The top speed of the K-MAX is only about 100 knots (115mph), but it has all the virtues of unmanned aircraft: it never gets sick, tired or goes on leave.

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We're sick to the back teeth of being told it's all our own fault.

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"It was such a sick feeling to see all of those white bellies floating in there, " Eason recalls.

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But it still could be a virtually useless test if it wrongly labels all sort of healthy people as sick.

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It found that not all sick days are spent under piles of blankets, with a thermometer and extra-strength meds.

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It says a one-rule-for-all on the number of sick days allowed each year unfairly penalises officers working in high-pressure inner city environments.

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"Watch out, Cupid stuck me with a sickness, " Haines seethes at the top of "Sick Muse, " making it clear from the opening seconds that acerbity will reign amid all the cheerfully buzzing guitars and "aaaaah"-ing backup vocals.

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But it was families who were worried about going bankrupt if they got sick -- millions of families all across the country.

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