Why a fast-spreading coronavirus and a half-vaccinated public can be a recipe for disaster
3 years, 4 months ago

Why a fast-spreading coronavirus and a half-vaccinated public can be a recipe for disaster

LA Times  

If you were responsible for tracking the pandemic, divining what the coronavirus’ next trick will be, and keeping illness and death to a minimum, you’d be really worried right now. And then everybody’s back at the beginning.” Said Dr. Megan Ranney, associate dean of Brown University School of Public Health: “This situation we’re in, where half of us are fully vaccinated and half are not, you couldn’t design a better experiment for creating a vaccine-resistant variant.” Surges create super-spreader events that can propel new variants into high circulation RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 mutate frequently because their replication program fails to fix many of the mistakes that arise when they make copies of their genetic code. Studies of variants’ spread in populations, as well as models of their emergence, have demonstrated that new viral strains have a better chance of making their way into broader circulation when cases are surging. Kids are going back to school amid high levels of community transmission with incomplete vaccine protection Throughout most of the pandemic, kids weren’t thought to be key drivers of spread. Much of the rest of the world is unvaccinated, and likely to remain so for some time As the Delta variant’s origins in India make clear, even a country like the United States with a plentiful supply of vaccine is not safe as long as the rest of the planet is contendingwith continued waves of pandemic illness.

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New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands
4 months, 1 week ago

New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The government has launched a new coronavirus vaccination round for the over-60s and younger people with certain health conditions, and the first invitations for a jab arrived on Tuesday. Everyone over the age of 60 is being invited to have the vaccination by letter, while others considered to be at extra risk will be able to make an appointment via …

New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands
4 months, 1 week ago

New coronavirus vaccination round starts in the Netherlands

Dutch News  

The government has launched a new coronavirus vaccination round for the over-60s and younger people with certain health conditions, and the first invitations for a jab arrived on Tuesday. Everyone over the age of 60 is being invited to have the vaccination by letter, while others considered to be at extra risk will be able to make an appointment via …

FDA advisers urge targeting JN.1 strain in recipe for fall’s COVID vaccines
7 months ago

FDA advisers urge targeting JN.1 strain in recipe for fall’s COVID vaccines

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Government advisers Wednesday said it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall -- targeting a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus called JN.1. But just a few months later, numerous offshoots of JN.1 already are on the rise, prompting Moderna and Pfizer to also test a slightly different vaccine formula targeting …

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference
2 years, 1 month ago

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot. New data has found that the updated COVID-19 vaccines offer “significant additional protection” against symptomatic infection in people who were previously vaccinated or boosted with the older formula. “We have seen very low uptake of the …

Covid booster shot campaign opens to everyone 12 and up
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid booster shot campaign opens to everyone 12 and up

NL Times  

Everyone aged 12 and older can now make an appointment for a repeat vaccination against the coronavirus, the RIVM and GGD reported. That means that everyone who qualifies for the booster shot can get one at a vaccination location. People aged 12 and older can get the repeat vaccination if it has been at least three months since their previous …

Half of Netherlands won't get repeat Covid vaccination
2 years, 3 months ago

Half of Netherlands won't get repeat Covid vaccination

NL Times  

About half of adult Netherlands residents see no need to get another jab against the coronavirus, NOS reports based on a survey by I&O Research. The researchers expect that the adults who didn’t get the booster shot will also not get the repeat shot. Of those who did get the booster, 17 percent said they wouldn’t or probably wouldn’t get …

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September
2 years, 4 months ago

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September

Dutch News  

The new Pfizer and Moderna booster vaccines have been given approval by the European Medicines Agency for over-12s, and another booster campaign is planned for the second half of September. Although the current vaccines protect against serious sickness, they have become less good at protecting against a coronavirus infection due to mutations in the virus, reports NOS. The EMA expects …

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September
2 years, 4 months ago

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September

Dutch News  

The new Pfizer and Moderna booster vaccines have been given approval by the European Medicines Agency for over-12s, and another booster campaign is planned for the second half of September. Although the current vaccines protect against serious sickness, they have become less good at protecting against a coronavirus infection due to mutations in the virus, reports NOS. The EMA expects …

Second COVID booster shot does little to stop Omicron, study finds
2 years, 9 months ago

Second COVID booster shot does little to stop Omicron, study finds

LA Times  

Dr. Jacov Lavee receives a fourth dose of the Comirnaty vaccine in Ramat Gan, Israel, as part of a trial to test whether a second COVID-19 booster shot helps protect against infection and illness. Compared to getting two initial doses and one booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine, adding a second booster shot reduced the rate of coronavirus …

J&J vaccine recipients were FIVE TIMES as likely to be hospitalized with Covid as Pfizer recipients
2 years, 10 months ago

J&J vaccine recipients were FIVE TIMES as likely to be hospitalized with Covid as Pfizer recipients

Daily Mail  

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine was not nearly as effective as its peers at preventing hospitalization from the virus, a new study of elderly patients finds. A French research team found that 28 days after administration of the single-dose J&J shot, and the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the J&J recipients were 5.2 times more likely to be …

A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new shots?
2 years, 11 months ago

A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new shots?

LA Times  

A technician inspects filled vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the company’s facility in Puurs, Belgium. to believe that any kind of vaccination is going to protect people from infection, from mild symptomatic disease, forever.” If the goal is preventing serious illness, “we may not need to be doing as much fine-tuning of the vaccines every time a new …

China's most used COVID shots effective against Delta variant: study
2 years, 11 months ago

China's most used COVID shots effective against Delta variant: study

China Daily  

BEIJING - China's two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Sinovac and Sinopharm, were shown to be effective against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, a study based on real-world data in the country showed on Tuesday. The study did not generate sufficient data to deliver effectiveness readings for the two vaccines separately or by age groups, researchers from …

When parents are vaccinated against COVID-19, protection extends to their kids
2 years, 11 months ago

When parents are vaccinated against COVID-19, protection extends to their kids

LA Times  

Monserat Ramos watches as her grandparent receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in South Los Angeles. In two very different phases of the pandemic, the research shows that children’s health relied heavily on indirect vaccine effects: For starters, vaccinated parents were less likely to bring the coronavirus into the household. During last winter’s wave of infections involving the Alpha …

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says
2 years, 11 months ago

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says

Dutch News  

Booster injections are extremely effective at preventing hospitalisations for coronavirus, says Dutch public health institute RIVM, after studying hospital figures over a two month period. The RIVM researchers said someone who had a booster had a five times lower chance of being admitted to hospital than someone who has been vaccinated, but not yet a third jab. The vaccine effectiveness …

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says
2 years, 11 months ago

Booster jab offers considerable protection against hospital, RIVM says

Dutch News  

Booster injections are extremely effective at preventing hospitalisations for coronavirus, says Dutch public health institute RIVM, after studying hospital figures over a two month period. The RIVM researchers said someone who had a booster had a five times lower chance of being admitted to hospital than someone who has been vaccinated, but not yet a third jab. The vaccine effectiveness …

COVID19 vaccines offer lasting protection, claims study
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID19 vaccines offer lasting protection, claims study

India TV News  

New research has found that COVID vaccination offers long-lasting protection from the worst outcomes of infection. The study found that the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines in reducing the risk of COVID-19 reached a peak of about 95 per cent two months after the first dose and then gradually declined. At seven months, the Pfizer vaccine dropped …

COVID-19 vaccines offer lasting protection, claims study
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 vaccines offer lasting protection, claims study

India TV News  

A new research has found that COVID-19 vaccination offers long-lasting protection from the worst outcomes of COVID-19. "This is an excellent example of the wonderful research partnership between the Gillings School and NCDHHS, who are working together to generate the evidence base needed to keep our communities safe," said Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition …

Explained | Is vaccination limiting Omicron’s virulence?
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | Is vaccination limiting Omicron’s virulence?

The Hindu  

The story so far : Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, may be pushing up COVID numbers across the world but it is also reporting a lower rate of hospitalisation and deaths compared to the previous Delta waves so far. According to WHO, the threat posed by Omicron largely depends on four key questions -- how transmissible the variant …

US authorizes Pfizer booster for kids as young as 12
3 years ago

US authorizes Pfizer booster for kids as young as 12

Raw Story  

US health authorities on Monday approved Pfizer's Covid-19 booster shot for children as young as 12, and reduced the wait time between initial vaccination and an extra dose from six months to five, for all ages. The FDA also approved a booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for immunocompromised children between the ages of five and 11, including for example individuals …

Vulnerable children under 12 to receive vaccine from this week
3 years ago

Vulnerable children under 12 to receive vaccine from this week

Dutch News  

Children under 12 with a medical condition such as a congenital heart defect can receive a vaccine against coronavirus from this week, the Dutch health council said. Around 40,000 children between the ages of five and 11 will be eligible for a reduced dose of the Pfizer or Biotech vaccine, paediatrician and immunologist Emmeline Buddingh of Leiden University Medical Center …

Vulnerable children under 12 to receive vaccine from this week
3 years ago

Vulnerable children under 12 to receive vaccine from this week

Dutch News  

Children under 12 with a medical condition such as a congenital heart defect can receive a vaccine against coronavirus from this week, the Dutch health council said. Around 40,000 children between the ages of five and 11 will be eligible for a reduced dose of the Pfizer or Biotech vaccine, paediatrician and immunologist Emmeline Buddingh of Leiden University Medical Center …

Omicron variant expected to dominate in Europe by mid-January
3 years ago

Omicron variant expected to dominate in Europe by mid-January

LA Times  

The head of the European Union’s executive branch said Wednesday that Omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the 27-nation bloc by mid-January, amid concerns that a dramatic rise of infections will leave Europe shrouded in gloom during the festive season. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, however, that the bloc was well-prepared to fight …

Covid-19: Delta plus Omicron spells trouble
3 years ago

Covid-19: Delta plus Omicron spells trouble

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. “And particularly in the arena of Omicron, if you are fully vaccinated, get your booster shot.” RELATED: Your top questions about Covid-19 and vaccines Why isn’t a booster required for “full vaccination?” Right now, the government is pushing hard for everyone who can get a booster to do so. …

Omicron more transmissible and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe severe symptoms: WHO
3 years ago

Omicron more transmissible and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe severe symptoms: WHO

Firstpost  

Countries with sufficient vaccine supplies such as Britain and France have encouraged their populations to receive a third ‘booster’ jab to fight Omicron. Geneva: The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday. Early evidence suggests Omicron causes “a …

Booster Shot of Pfizer Covid Vaccine Can Cut Mortality from Delta Variant by 90%: Study
3 years ago

Booster Shot of Pfizer Covid Vaccine Can Cut Mortality from Delta Variant by 90%: Study

News 18  

The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can reduce mortality due to the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by 90 per cent, according to a study conducted in Israel. Among participants 65 years of age or older, death from COVID-19 occurred in 60 of 470,808 participants in the booster group and in 123 of 35,208 participants in the …

Research shows huge benefit of COVID-19 booster shots
3 years, 1 month ago

Research shows huge benefit of COVID-19 booster shots

LA Times  

In research likely to galvanize U.S. support for booster shots, scientists found that Israel’s aggressive campaign to shore up waning coronavirus immunity with a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine has saved lives and reduced new infections across the age spectrum. Coincidentally, the new research comes on a day when Pfizer and BioNTech acknowledged that two doses of its vaccine “may …

Mounting evidence highlights the importance of Covid-19 boosters
3 years, 1 month ago

Mounting evidence highlights the importance of Covid-19 boosters

CNN  

CNN — As the world learns more about the Omicron coronavirus variant and Delta continues to cause Covid-19 cases to rise around much of the United States, the need for booster shots becomes clearer than ever – even beyond the growing data about waning vaccine immunity. “But also I do hope that our federal health officials will be quick to …

WHO Europe: Kids in 5-14 age group show highest COVID rates
3 years, 1 month ago

WHO Europe: Kids in 5-14 age group show highest COVID rates

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe said Tuesday that children in the 5 to 14 age group now account for the highest rates of reported COVID-19 infection in the region. WHO Europe regional director Dr. Hans Kluge also argued that vaccine mandates should be “an absolute last resort,” and said that COVID-19 deaths remain “significantly below previous …

WHO warns of dangers of vaccination apathy as EU chief mulls mandatory COVID-19 jabs
3 years, 1 month ago

WHO warns of dangers of vaccination apathy as EU chief mulls mandatory COVID-19 jabs

Firstpost  

“Globally, we have a toxic mix of low vaccine coverage, and very low testing — a recipe for breeding and amplifying variants,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The WHO issued stern warnings Wednesday on the dangers of vaccination apathy and the European Union put mandatory jabs on the table as the United States registered its first case of the …

Facing Omicron threat, CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster vaccine
3 years, 1 month ago

Facing Omicron threat, CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster vaccine

LA Times  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday strengthened its recommendations on who should get boosters. “Early data from South Africa suggest increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant.” The CDC‘s previous guidelines, last updated Nov. 19, recommended booster shots for adults 50 and older, and made all younger, healthier adults age 18 to 49 eligible for booster shots …

Omicron coronavirus variant raises questions among scientists
3 years, 1 month ago

Omicron coronavirus variant raises questions among scientists

Live Mint  

The fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant recently identified in South Africa has virologists and health authorities on edge because of its many mutations, but much about its infectiousness and virulence remains unknown. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that Omicron hadn’t been identified in the U.S. “The U.S. variant surveillance system has reliably detected new variants in this …

Protection offered by booster shot beats ‘natural immunity,’ study suggests
3 years, 1 month ago

Protection offered by booster shot beats ‘natural immunity,’ study suggests

LA Times  

Michael Stremfel prepares a COVID-19 booster shot at Flintridge Pharmacy in La Cañada Flintridge. A new study finds that people who got a booster shot generated much higher levels of neutralizing antibodies than people who had a coronavirus infection. A small study that’s among the first to track people’s protective antibodies over time found that those who were immunized against …

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister
3 years, 1 month ago

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister

NL Times  

Herd immunity against Covid-19 is no longer a realistic goal, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. The much more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus dashed the hope that a vaccination rate of 70 percent would end the pandemic, he said, NU.nl reports. But we do want the highest possible immunity," De Jonge said. …

The pros and cons of 2G versus 3G: what the experts say
3 years, 1 month ago

The pros and cons of 2G versus 3G: what the experts say

Dutch News  

Scientists, sociologists and ethicists have been analysing whether it is justified to impose further coronavirus restrictions on the 15% of Dutch adults who are not fully vaccinated. Menno de Jong, a clinical virologist at Amsterdam UMC and member of the Outbreak Management Team, said that although the 2G policy would better protect unvaccinated people and stop some spread, actually a …

The pros and cons of 2G versus 3G: what the experts say
3 years, 1 month ago

The pros and cons of 2G versus 3G: what the experts say

Dutch News  

Scientists, sociologists and ethicists have been analysing whether it is justified to impose further coronavirus restrictions on the 15% of Dutch adults who are not fully vaccinated. Menno de Jong, a clinical virologist at Amsterdam UMC and member of the Outbreak Management Team, said that although the 2G policy would better protect unvaccinated people and stop some spread, actually a …

US parents split over COVID vaccines for young children
3 years, 1 month ago

US parents split over COVID vaccines for young children

Hindustan Times  

The main health authority in the US has authorized the BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 earlier this month. "We know millions of parents are eager to get their children vaccinated, and with this decision, we now have recommended that about 28 million children receive a COVID-19 vaccine," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement at …

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns

Al Jazeera  

The Pan American Health Organization says less than half of people in the Americas are fully vaccinated. Following two consecutive months of decline, COVID-19 infections are rising again in some countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization has said, cautioning that uneven vaccination rates across the region continue to be a problem. Concerns have been rising that despite …

‘Not quite on board’: Parents proving a tough sell on COVID-19 vaccine for teens
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Not quite on board’: Parents proving a tough sell on COVID-19 vaccine for teens

LA Times  

Kalvin Green,15, left, holds the hand of his mother Marilyn Green as nurse Marie Eddins administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at mobile clinic in Los Angeles. “I’m not quite on board with everybody getting vaccinated,” said Tara Currier, 42, a mother of four in Marysville, Calif., who decided not to vaccinate her three older children, ages 12, 14 and …

Study shows dramatic decline in effectiveness of all three COVID-19 vaccines over time
3 years, 2 months ago

Study shows dramatic decline in effectiveness of all three COVID-19 vaccines over time

LA Times  

A study of 780,000 veterans shows a dramatic decline in effectiveness for all three COVID-19 vaccines in use in the U.S. As the Delta variant became the dominant strain of the coronavirus across the United States, all three COVID-19 vaccines available to Americans lost some of their protective power, with vaccine efficacy among a large group of veterans dropping between …

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December
3 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December

Dutch News  

Booster jabs for people over 80 will not be available until the start of December, the umbrella body for Dutch regional health boards has said. Jaap van Dissel, the public health agency RIVM’s head of infectious disease control, told a technical briefing in parliament on Wednesday that the vaccines given earlier in the year may be starting to wane. Van …

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December
3 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus booster jabs for over-80s will start in December

Dutch News  

Booster jabs for people over 80 will not be available until the start of December, the umbrella body for Dutch regional health boards has said. Jaap van Dissel, the public health agency RIVM’s head of infectious disease control, told a technical briefing in parliament on Wednesday that the vaccines given earlier in the year may be starting to wane. Van …

5 New Things We Learned About COVID In October 2021
3 years, 2 months ago

5 New Things We Learned About COVID In October 2021

Huff Post  

It’s understandable, given the massive scale of the pandemic. It’s OK to mix and match booster doses In September, federal health regulators approved booster doses of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for certain Americans, greatly expanding who is eligible for another shot. People who are 65-plus, as well as adults 18 and up who live in a long-term care …

Covid can be transmitted by fully vaccinated people at home: Lancet study
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid can be transmitted by fully vaccinated people at home: Lancet study

Deccan Chronicle  

London: Fully vaccinated people can contract and pass on Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in household settings, but at lower rates than unvaccinated people, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. Researchers led by Imperial College London, UK, found that vaccinated people clear the infection more quickly, but the peak viral load …

Delta variant easily transmitted by vaccinated people in households: UK study
3 years, 2 months ago

Delta variant easily transmitted by vaccinated people in households: UK study

India Today  

The Delta coronavirus variant can transmit easily from vaccinated people to their household contacts, a British study found on Thursday, although contacts were less likely to get infected if they were vaccinated. Read: No evidence to suggest AY.4 variant of coronavirus has higher infectivity rate than Delta: Scientist They found infections in the vaccinated cleared more quickly, but the peak …

Opinion: Why I’m going to vaccinate my kids against Covid-19
3 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: Why I’m going to vaccinate my kids against Covid-19

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP is an infectious disease epidemiologist, senior director of the system-wide special pathogens program at NYC Health + Hospitals, health and safety lead at the Enhanced Investigations Unit of NYC Test & Trace, and fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The latest surge driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant …

Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot is safe, 95.6 percent effective against virus in patients 16 years and older
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot is safe, 95.6 percent effective against virus in patients 16 years and older

Firstpost  

Several countries have already approved Covid-19 booster shots to increase immunity in people who have already been vaccinated, but whose protection may have dipped after several months, per some studies. A booster shot of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech is 95.6 percent effective against symptomatic infection, according to trial data published by the makers on Thursday. The clinical phase …

People who got Covid-19 vaccines were less likely to die from any cause compared to unvaccinated people, study finds
3 years, 2 months ago

People who got Covid-19 vaccines were less likely to die from any cause compared to unvaccinated people, study finds

CNN  

CNN — People who got Covid-19 vaccines were not only less likely to die from the virus, but they were less likely to die from any cause over the following months, researchers reported Friday. That’s in addition to the mounting evidence from other studies showing that the COVID-19 vaccines are effective against COVID-19 infection, serious illness, and death.” The team …

Covishield may offer over 90% protection against death from Delta variant: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

Covishield may offer over 90% protection against death from Delta variant: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

London: Two doses of Covishield and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines may be 90 per cent effective at preventing deaths from the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday. The study, using data from the Scotland-wide EAVE II COVID-19 surveillance platform, is the first to show across an entire …

Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?
3 years, 2 months ago

Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging? But that doesn’t mean new variants will keep emerging as regularly, or that they’ll be more dangerous. With more than half the world still not vaccinated, the virus will likely keep finding people to infect and replicating inside them for several months or years to come. And while it could …

Pfizer-BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID boosters in study
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer-BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID boosters in study

Al Jazeera  

The companies say phase III trial data show booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine was 95.6 percent effective against the disease. American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have said data from a Phase III trial demonstrated high efficacy of a booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine against the coronavirus, including the Delta variant. They said a trial of 10,000 …

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