Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China
1 year, 3 months ago

Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China

The Hindu  

With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its households, scientists are worried a unique opportunity may be slipping away to study long COVID from possibly hundreds of millions of infections in that country. China's rare circumstances - relying on home-grown vaccines and mostly avoiding COVID until late in the pandemic - could, these experts say, provide particularly valuable data and insights on long COVID. But academics point to signs China may be deprioritising or even backing away from public health-related COVID research, including at government agencies that offer grants and academic journals that publish research studies. Long Covid studies In one research programme's call for proposals, the National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences did not include pandemic-related topics, although it had in the past, while the National Natural Science Foundation of China has cut projections for the number of projects to be funded under one COVID research programme, according to documents posted on their websites. Many countries have played down the significance of long COVID, or even failed to acknowledge it as a condition, but China's large population and unique circumstances give it a particularly essential role to play in long COVID research, according to several scientists and researchers.

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Pandemic fears as NEW coronavirus is discovered in bats by China-linked scientist
2 weeks ago

Pandemic fears as NEW coronavirus is discovered in bats by China-linked scientist

Daily Mail  

A new coronavirus feared to be able to spread to humans has been discovered by a China-linked scientist. The new coronaviruses were discovered after swabbing the noses and rectums of 15 different bat species The viruses are now being transferred to China. It comes three weeks after scientists in China revealed they had discovered yet another coronavirus that could spread …

Germany had intelligence reports about laboratory origin of COVID-19 in 2020
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Germany had intelligence reports about laboratory origin of COVID-19 in 2020

Op India  

According to Germany’s foreign intelligence service in 2020, there was an 80% to 95% possibility that the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic was unintentionally released from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. Last month, China’s foreign ministry declared that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was not engaged in the development or spread of the COVID-19 virus and that it never …

Scientists are making progress in better understanding Long COVID
3 weeks ago

Scientists are making progress in better understanding Long COVID

NPR  

Scientists are making progress in better understanding Long COVID Scientists have made progress in understanding Long COVID over the last five years. Many people still live with the lasting consequences of catching the virus, also known as long COVID. We have drugs that can target almost every single one of the different mechanisms we think might be contributing to long …

Virus disinformation drives anti-China sentiment, lockdown fears
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Virus disinformation drives anti-China sentiment, lockdown fears

New Indian Express  

A deluge of disinformation about a flu-like virus called HMPV is stoking anti-China sentiment across Asia and spurring unfounded concerns of renewed lockdowns, despite experts dismissing comparisons with the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago. The falsehoods and fearmongering, which researchers warn could jeopardise the public response to a future pandemic, surged even as the World Health Organization said China's HMPV …

China slams CIA’s COVID lab leak claim, says ‘extremely unlikely’ – Here’s why
2 months ago

China slams CIA’s COVID lab leak claim, says ‘extremely unlikely’ – Here’s why

Live Mint  

Beijing has dismissed the recent claim by the Central Intelligence Agency that COVID-19 is more likely to have originated from a Chinese laboratory, describing it as "extremely unlikely." China's rejection of lab leak theory Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning on Monday strongly refuted the lab leak theory, asserting that it was “extremely unlikely” COVID-19 came from a laboratory. Mao …

CIA says Covid 'more likely' to have leaked from lab
2 months ago

CIA says Covid 'more likely' to have leaked from lab

Hindustan Times  

The Central Intelligence Agency has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying Saturday that the virus was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. "CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting," a CIA …

CIA shifts stance on cause of COVID-19 pandemic, says lab leak 'more likely' than natural origin
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2 months ago

CIA shifts stance on cause of COVID-19 pandemic, says lab leak 'more likely' than natural origin

Firstpost  

The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday The Central Intelligence Agency has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is “more likely” to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature, an agency spokesperson said on Saturday. But in …

‘Millions could’ve been saved if Chinese were transparent’: The Seeker, Indian whistleblower, who exposed Covid-19 cover-up
2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Millions could’ve been saved if Chinese were transparent’: The Seeker, Indian whistleblower, who exposed Covid-19 cover-up

Firstpost  

Prasenjit Ray and others at the collective DRASTIC spent months scouring the internet for evidence and analysing it to answer questions that the Chinese regime should have addressed at the onset: What is this virus? If not for the investigative work of the likes of Prasenjit Ray, better known as ‘The Seeker’ on X, the world would have never known …

What is really behind the mystery new virus gripping China and the world
2 months, 3 weeks ago

What is really behind the mystery new virus gripping China and the world

The Independent  

It was just a few days after new year’s celebrations when news of a surge in the number of people infected with a new kind of virus began to emerge. However, the number of beds occupied by patients with flu in the second week of winter is the highest “since the first publication of the measure” in 2020-21. open image …

Covid originated in China’s Wuhan lab? There’s now ‘smoking gun’ evidence, says Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid originated in China’s Wuhan lab? There’s now ‘smoking gun’ evidence, says Rutgers scientist Richard Ebright

Firstpost  

Referring to research proposals by Chinese scientists and their US collaborators, and the emergence of the same kind of virus near their lab at Wuhan a year later, scientist Richard Ebright says there is now smoking gun evidence for the laboratory-origin of Covid-19 pandemic in an interview with Firstpost’s Madhur Sharma Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, is …

COVID-like virus scare in China: All your FAQs answered on Mysterious human metapneumovirus (HMPV)
2 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID-like virus scare in China: All your FAQs answered on Mysterious human metapneumovirus (HMPV)

Live Mint  

COVID-like virus scare in China: The sudden rise in infections in China has sparked concerns about another virus outbreak after the Coronavirus. COVID-like virus scare in China Also known as HMPV, the human metapneumovirus attacks a person's respiratory system. COVID-like virus scare in China: What is HMPV? The HMPV virus has been detected in the United States, Canada, Europe and …

The unsettled debate about Covid origins
2 months, 3 weeks ago

The unsettled debate about Covid origins

Hindustan Times  

On December 31, 2019, a notice about an unusual pneumonia cluster in Wuhan, China made its way to the WHO’s disease surveillance system. Doctors who raised early alarms found their warnings quietened by institutional inertia and political opacity and critical questions about the virus’s origins – whether from Huanan Market or a laboratory incident – were buried under China’s obstructionism. …

China says it has shared most Covid data of any country after WHO calls for further access
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2 months, 4 weeks ago

China says it has shared most Covid data of any country after WHO calls for further access

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China defended its approach to …

China says shared Covid information 'without holding anything back'
2 months, 4 weeks ago

China says shared Covid information 'without holding anything back'

Raw Story  

Beijing insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on Covid-19 "without holding anything back", after the World Health Organization implored China to offer more data and access to understand the disease's origins. "Without holding anything back, we shared our prevention, control and treatment experience," she told reporters at a regular press briefing. China was "willing to continue working with …

Covid origin: China defends its ‘global traceability research’ stance after WHO seeks more access
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Covid origin: China defends its ‘global traceability research’ stance after WHO seeks more access

Firstpost  

China claims that it has been the only country that organised experts to share traceability progress, data and research results of COVID-19 with the World Health Organization on many occasions Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease, in Wuhan, …

Shared most Covid data: China's defence as WHO says Beijing's 'moral imperative'
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Shared most Covid data: China's defence as WHO says Beijing's 'moral imperative'

India Today  

The Chinese government on Tuesday said that it has shared the most Covid-19 data and research findings with the international community and stressed that investigations into the origins of coronavirus should be conducted in other countries as well. Beijing's remarks came after the World Health Organisation urged the country to share data on the origins of the pandemic, five years …

‘Moral imperative’: WHO presses China to share COVID origins data
2 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Moral imperative’: WHO presses China to share COVID origins data

Al Jazeera  

Beijing insists it has shared information on the coronavirus ‘without holding anything back’. “Without transparency, sharing, and cooperation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics.” The WHO recounted how on December 31, 2019, its country office in China picked up a media statement from health authorities in the central city of Wuhan concerning …

WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence
2 months, 4 weeks ago

WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic’s emergence

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. “Without transparency, sharing, and cooperation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics.” China’s Foreign Ministry defended the …

Five years on, WHO urges China to share Covid origins data
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Five years on, WHO urges China to share Covid origins data

Firstpost  

The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access to help understand how Covid-19 began, five years on from the start of the pandemic that upended the planet The World Health Organisation logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters File The World Health Organization on Monday implored China to share data and access …

Patients are frustrated that there isn't a reliable treatment yet for long COVID
3 months ago

Patients are frustrated that there isn't a reliable treatment yet for long COVID

NPR  

Patients are frustrated that there isn't a reliable treatment yet for long COVID Much of the NIH-funded research on long COVID has focused on observing and understanding the disease. SARAH BODEN, BYLINE: Erica Hayes lives north of Pittsburgh, and she's one of an estimated 17 million American adults with long COVID. And that's why some patients argue that the NIH …

Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says
4 months, 1 week ago

Covid very likely came from a Chinese lab leak and there was 'obviously' a cover-up by Beijing, British expert says

Daily Mail  

Covid most likely came from a lab leak in China and its origins were 'obviously' the subject of a cover-up by Beijing, a top British epidemiologist has said. Covid-19 emerged in Wuhan, central China, with differing theories among scientists over whether it could have come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology or a wet market in the region. Covid-19 emerged …

US documents sharpen lens on China’s Wuhan lab amid post-Covid scrutiny of coronavirus research
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US documents sharpen lens on China’s Wuhan lab amid post-Covid scrutiny of coronavirus research

Firstpost  

Researchers funded by the US government left pathogen samples abroad without safeguards or arrangements for their return and were not aware of work being done by Chinese researchers, according to documents recently made public Amid yearslong scrutiny of risky viral research in China since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, newly-released documents have flagged more safety and transparency issues around …

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall
6 months, 1 week ago

‘Beyond reasonable doubt’ Covid pandemic originated at Wuhan market stall

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It is beyond “reasonable doubt” that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in …

COVID-19 infections not problematic, experts say
7 months, 2 weeks ago

COVID-19 infections not problematic, experts say

China Daily  

The number of people in China being infected with COVID-19 is fluctuating reasonably and won't be a burden on medical resources or the public, experts said. However, the National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases said the percentage of people catching flu and testing positive for COVID-19 rose from 8.9 percent in early July to 18.7 percent late last month. "COVID-19 …

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous
11 months, 1 week ago

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. In a faxed statement, China’s Foreign Ministry defended China’s handling of research into the origins, saying the …

Experts call for more research into long COVID, as study reveals high prevalence in WA
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts call for more research into long COVID, as study reveals high prevalence in WA

ABC  

In short: A study conducted in WA found nearly 20 per cent of COVID-19 patients experienced debilitating symptoms like fatigue and memory loss three months after infection. A study conducted in WA found nearly 20 per cent of COVID-19 patients experienced debilitating symptoms like fatigue and memory loss three months after infection. The study published in March found almost 20 …

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin
1 year ago

COVID-19: Why we're looking for the pandemic's origin

Hindustan Times  

Discovering COVID's origin will shape the next pandemic. Some experts say it's possible that the Wuhan lab had progenitor strains — ancestors — of SARS-CoV-2, but China's alleged withholding information on the origin of COVID makes this impossible to prove or disprove. "Every form of the lab leak theory involves some sort of cover up, which to me means that …

Top scientist hints that China may be covering up Covid lab leak
1 year, 1 month ago

Top scientist hints that China may be covering up Covid lab leak

Daily Mail  

Covid's origins may never be known, Britain's top scientist has warned. Dame Angela McLean, the government's chief scientific advisor, claimed we will probably never know whether the virus occurred naturally or escaped from a lab. Professor McLean, who took over from Sir Patrick Vallance, told Radio 4's Today program: 'I am convinced that we're very unlikely ever to know if …

Covid's actual origin may NEVER be discovered: Stark warning of Britain's top scientist who hints that China may be covering up a lab leak
1 year, 1 month ago

Covid's actual origin may NEVER be discovered: Stark warning of Britain's top scientist who hints that China may be covering up a lab leak

Daily Mail  

Covid's origins may never be known, Britain's top scientist has warned. Dame Angela McLean, the government's chief scientific advisor, claimed we will probably never know whether the virus occurred naturally or escaped from a lab. Professor Dame Angela McLean, the government's Chief Scientific Advisor, told Radio 4's Today programme: 'I am convinced that we're very unlikely ever to know if …

Revealed: US and China sought to create virus in 2018 similar to Covid
1 year, 2 months ago

Revealed: US and China sought to create virus in 2018 similar to Covid

Daily Mail  

Bombshell new documents shed light on a shady 2018 project between US and Chinese scientists to create a novel virus with the same rare features seen in Covid. In initial proposals for DEFUSE, the lab work was to be done in a biosafety-level 2 lab, which researchers said would appeal to federal grant-makers as 'highly cost effective' despite the fewer …

‘Not by novel virus’: What China said on ‘mysterious pneumonia’
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Not by novel virus’: What China said on ‘mysterious pneumonia’

Hindustan Times  

A pneumonia outbreak in China has alerted the world including the World Health Organization which sought more information about the situation from the country. Medical staff in protective suits treat a patient with pneumonia On Sunday, China's health ministry asked local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics amid the latest crisis. "Efforts should be made to increase the …

China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
1 year, 4 months ago

China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country’s health ministry said Sunday. Recent clusters of respiratory infections are caused by an overlap of common viruses such as the influenza virus, rhinoviruses, the …

No ‘unusual’ virus behind rising Pneumonia cases China has clarified, reveals WHO
1 year, 4 months ago

No ‘unusual’ virus behind rising Pneumonia cases China has clarified, reveals WHO

Firstpost  

Since mid-October 2023, the World Health Organization has been monitoring data from Chinese surveillance systems showing an increase in respiratory illness in children in northern China China has reiterated that no unusual or new pathogens have been detected in the upsurge in child respiratory illnesses in the north, the WHO said on Thursday after putting pressure on Beijing for detailed …

China's pneumonia scare: Transparency please
1 year, 4 months ago

China's pneumonia scare: Transparency please

Live Mint  

China, where covid broke out in November 2019, is in the spotlight again. The World Health Organization has asked the country for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children. In a recent statement, the WHO noted an increase in influenza-like ailments compared to the same autumn of the past three years in China’s …

Spike in illnesses isn’t a new pathogen, China reassures WHO
1 year, 4 months ago

Spike in illnesses isn’t a new pathogen, China reassures WHO

Salon  

An outbreak of respiratory illnesses in China has sparked alarm, but the sudden rise in sickness is not related to a new virus, according to Chinese health authorities. So far, the data suggests that there’s nothing out of the ordinary, but both the WHO and China have been criticized in the past for not being entirely transparent about the COVID-19 …

China says 'no unusual pathogen detected' after WHO requests more information on pneumonia outbreak
1 year, 4 months ago

China says 'no unusual pathogen detected' after WHO requests more information on pneumonia outbreak

India TV News  

China says 'no unusual pathogen detected' after WHO requests more information on pneumonia outbreak The World Health Organisation said that it has been monitoring data from the Chinese surveillance system that showed a worrying increase in respiratory illnesses among children in northern China. The World Health Organisation on Thursday officially requested China for more information on a potential rise in …

On China pneumonia outbreak, scientists caution to not press ‘pandemic panic button’
1 year, 4 months ago

On China pneumonia outbreak, scientists caution to not press ‘pandemic panic button’

Hindustan Times  

Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic on Thursday after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of respiratory illnesses and pneumonia clusters among children. The standard wording of the alert echoed the first-ever notice about what would become COVID-19, sent on Dec. 30 2019: "Undiagnosed pneumonia - China." "I am not going …

WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illnesses outbreak
1 year, 4 months ago

WHO asks China for more data on respiratory illnesses outbreak

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization has asked China for more data on respiratory illnesses spreading in the north of the country, but Beijing offered no public comment on Thursday. "WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children," the UN health body said in a statement …

Is COVID making a return to China this winter?
1 year, 4 months ago

Is COVID making a return to China this winter?

Firstpost  

China’s leading respiratory illness expert Zhong Nanshan has warned of a minor COVID-19 surge in the winter and urged the elderly and vulnerable populations to get vaccinated as soon as possible Concerned about an increase of COVID-19 infections in the current winter season, Chinese experts have issued an alert and advised vaccination for vulnerable and old groups. The Chinese Centre …

China on ALERT over likely COVID-19 relapse ahead of winter
1 year, 4 months ago

China on ALERT over likely COVID-19 relapse ahead of winter

India TV News  

COVID-19 alert: Ahead of the winter season, an alert has been sounded across China about the relapse of COVID-19 infections and experts have asked elderly and vulnerable populations to get vaccinated. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention showed that a total of 209 new severe COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported across the country …

China's 'batwoman' warns there could be more Covid-like 'future outbreaks'
1 year, 6 months ago

China's 'batwoman' warns there could be more Covid-like 'future outbreaks'

India Today  

Known as one of China's best virologists, Shi Zhengli has warned that there is a high possibility of another coronavirus to appear in the future. "If a coronavirus caused diseases to emerge before, there is a high chance it will cause future outbreaks," she said in a study paper written with her colleagues. Shi's team from the Wuhan Institute of …

WHO chief urges China for ‘full access’ to solve origins of COVID-19
1 year, 6 months ago

WHO chief urges China for ‘full access’ to solve origins of COVID-19

Op India  

The Chief of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged Beijing to grant ‘full access’ and offer more information on the origins of COVID-19, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Tedros said, “We’re pressing China to give full access, and we are asking countries to raise it during their bilateral meetings — to cooperate. Speaking with Financial Times, …

Nearly 36 million in Europe may have experienced long Covid, World Health Organization official says
1 year, 9 months ago

Nearly 36 million in Europe may have experienced long Covid, World Health Organization official says

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 36 million people in Europe may have had long-lasting health problems from coronavirus infections they got during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization's regional director said Tuesday. Statistics from the University of Washington researchers indicate that about one in 30 of the region's residents have experienced “long COVID.” in the past three years. …

No evidence COVID-19 created in Chinese lab: U.S. intelligence
1 year, 9 months ago

No evidence COVID-19 created in Chinese lab: U.S. intelligence

The Hindu  

The head of U.S. intelligence said on Friday that there was no evidence that the COVID-19 virus was created in the Chinese government's Wuhan research lab. Drawing on intelligence collected by various member agencies of the U.S. intelligence community, the ODNI report said some scientists at the Wuhan lab had done genetic engineering of coronaviruses similar to COVID-19. The report …

China Omits Cremation Data to Hide True Pandemic Death Toll following Lifting of Covid Zero
1 year, 9 months ago

China Omits Cremation Data to Hide True Pandemic Death Toll following Lifting of Covid Zero

News 18  

A Chinese quarterly report on marriage and social welfare for the fourth quarter of 2022 dropped the section highlighting the number of cremations held last winter, indicating that it withheld a key indicator of the pandemic death toll when China faced its largest wave of Covid-19 cases. If the data were released, the quarterly or year-on-year comparison could be used …

Long COVID takes heavy toll on health even as pandemic fades, study shows
1 year, 9 months ago

Long COVID takes heavy toll on health even as pandemic fades, study shows

LA Times  

Courtney Gavin, at her Irvine home in February, has been dealing with the effects of COVID-19 since March 2020 and uses a motorized lift to climb the stairs. “It’s trying to help all of us — both patients and doctors — figure out: How do we tell if someone has long COVID?” said Dr. Joann Elmore, a professor of medicine …

Top Chinese scientist says Covid lab leak theory ‘not to be ruled out’
1 year, 9 months ago

Top Chinese scientist says Covid lab leak theory ‘not to be ruled out’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The possibility the Covid virus …

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms
1 year, 10 months ago

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — About 10% of people appear to suffer long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000 Americans that aims to help unravel the mysterious condition. Early findings from the National Institutes of Health’s study highlight a dozen symptoms that most distinguish long COVID, the catchall term …

Large-scale COVID reemergence 'unlikely' despite uptick in cases
1 year, 10 months ago

Large-scale COVID reemergence 'unlikely' despite uptick in cases

China Daily  

China Daily| Updated :2023-05-19 The risk of a new large-scale COVID-19 outbreak in China in the short term is minimal, despite a recent uptick in new infections, according to health experts. Wang Liping, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a group interview that the recent increase in new cases is unlikely to overwhelm …

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