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Giuseppe Michieli<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brazil</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FIOCRUZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FIOCRUZ</a>: Margareth Dalcolmo warns: "The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#risk</a> today is that an <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#H5N1</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> could occur", <a href="https://portal.fiocruz.br/noticia/2025/03/margareth-dalcolmo-alerta-o-risco-hoje-e-que-uma-epidemia-de-h5n1-possa-ocorrer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://portal.fiocruz.br/noticia/2025/03/margareth-dalcolmo-alerta-o-risco-hoje-e-que-uma-epidemia-de-h5n1-possa-ocorrer</a> Margareth also lamented that access to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monitoring</a> of the circulation of new viruses, offered by the US agency <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDC</a> (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), was interrupted due to the new measures adopted by the US government.

William Lindsey :toad:"*On March 9, a case was confirmed in the Maryland/metro D.C. area.Measles is more contagious than many of the diseases we take far more seriously in the media and halls of Congress.Measles infection can result in severe and sometimes permanent complications including pneumonia, lung damage, brain damage, and death."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/quackery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quackery</a> /5

William Lindsey :toad:"According to the Centers for Disease Control, as of March 6, 2025, a total of 222 measles cases have been reported by twelve U.S. jurisdictions in just the first 65 days of 2025.The current outbreaks are in:AlaskaCaliforniaFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyNew JerseyNew MexicoNew York CityPennsylvaniaRhode IslandTexasWashington state"~ Amelia Mavis Christnot<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/quackery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quackery</a> /4<a href="https://auntiemavis.substack.com/p/measles-dangers-immunity-vaccination-testing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://auntiemavis.substack.com/p/measles-dangers-immunity-vaccination-testing</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"He cheered on questionable treatments like cod liver oil, and said that local doctors had achieved 'almost miraculous and instantaneous' recoveries with steroids or antibiotics."Note that shifting blame for contracting measles to lack of good diet and exercise blames victims in a particularly nasty way that makes invidious insinuations about social class and income. RFKJr. and his kind are models of good health?<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/quackery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quackery</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:"[RFKJr] issued a muffled call for vaccinations in the affected community, but said the choice was a personal one. He suggested that measles vaccine injuries were more common than known, contrary to extensive research. He asserted that natural immunity to measles, gained through infection, somehow also protected against cancer and heart disease, a claim not supported by research."~ Teddy Rosenbluth<a href="https://toad.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RFKJr</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/quackery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quackery</a> /1<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-texas-kennedy-fox.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-texas-kennedy-fox.html</a>

Vermont Citizen ScientistCompared to the last major outbreak...During the last major measles outbreaks in the US, it took extraordinary measures to stop the spread <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-outbreak-new-york-2019-lessons-learned" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-outbreak-new-york-2019-lessons-learned</a> (or not) <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outbreak</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a>

Vermont Citizen ScientistTX Health Officials: Don't have "measles parties"! True, back in the 1950s, it was THE way to get immunity and the only way for parents to have a little control over when the kids actually got sick. The vaccine meant not having to wait for an outbreak to get immunity. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/measles-parties-texas-outbreak/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/measles-parties-texas-outbreak/</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immunity</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outbreak</a> <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a>

Richard Martin-NielsenHere's just that map of the 1866 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cholera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cholera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Leiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Leiden</a> <a href="https://www.leidenspecialcollectionsblog.nl/images/uploads/4Afbeelding-4-UBLCKA_COLLBN_Port_52_N_3.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.leidenspecialcollectionsblog.nl/images/uploads/4Afbeelding-4-UBLCKA_COLLBN_Port_52_N_3.jpg</a>

Giuseppe MichieliA <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WHO</a> global <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#framework</a> to guide <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/investigations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#investigations</a> into origins of potentially <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pandemic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pathogens</a>, <a href="https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-who-global-framework-to-guide.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-who-global-framework-to-guide.html</a>

Nat OleanderEvidence suggests that measles immunity fades about 10-15 years after vaccination. If it's been more than 10 years since your MMR, or you can't find the latest record of vaccination, update your shot.And WEAR A MASK. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases of all time. There is NO reason to expose yourself when a KN95/N95 mask offers so much protection.<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8189124" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8189124</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312088/measles-texas-outbreak-contagious-spread" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312088/measles-texas-outbreak-contagious-spread</a><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/mmr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mmr</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/maskup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maskup</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a>

Headlines AfricaAfrica: Africa CDC's Emergency Consultative Group Recommends Continuation of Mpox As a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security: [Africa CDC] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | -- The Emergency Consultative Group (ECG) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), chaired by Professor Salim Abdool Karim, has unanimously recommended the continuation of Mpox as a Public Health Emergency of… <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJGLmv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJGLmv</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Mpox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mpox</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AfricaCDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricaCDC</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HealthEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthEmergency</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Epidemic</a>

MagpieblogAn epidemiologist has a lot of really good info on the current measles outbreak in Texas.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-child-is-dead-from-measles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/a-child-is-dead-from-measles</a>

birdpoofwhaaaaaaaat<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pandemic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/a-deadly-unidentified-disease-has-emerged-in-the-drc-ebola-marburg/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/a-deadly-unidentified-disease-has-emerged-in-the-drc-ebola-marburg/</a>

dark was the night 🌚<a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@arstechnica</a> Every school in Texas has hundreds of kids with official state of Texas immunization opt-out forms on file. It's not just <a href="https://mas.to/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#measles</a> or COVID, either -- kids with zero point zero vaccinations.Pain and death is at our doorstep, and there's none to blame but ourselves: for kicking wisdom out, and listening to liars.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publichealth</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a>

Charlie McHenryNY TIMES - Unvaccinated Child Dies of Measles in Texas, Officials Say It is the first known death from an outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico. At least 124 cases have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children and teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, officials said… <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BreakingNews</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Measles</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemiology</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#virus</a>

PandaCabThe number of ongoing and potential epidemics and pandemics we are facing all at once is deeply alarming. The ruthlessness of capitalism, the impotence of governing institutions, the erosion of public and/or affordable and/or accessible healthcare, the changing climate and weather, the massive concentration of exploited animals, the devastation of some countries economy... It's a death by a thousand, systemic, malicious and self-destructive cuts...<a href="https://ni.hil.ist/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://ni.hil.ist/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pandemic</a> <a href="https://ni.hil.ist/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://ni.hil.ist/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirdFlu</a> <a href="https://ni.hil.ist/tags/h5n1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#h5n1</a>#covid <a href="https://ni.hil.ist/tags/mpox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mpox</a>

Andrew KuchlingFarzad Mostashari, CEO of Aledade Inc., writes a eulogy for the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. "When you hear, "the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service class was cancelled and the officers fired" I hope this gives you a sense of what has been lost. Not just the outbreaks that can't be investigated, the surge capacity gone, but our future public health leadership lost."Content warning: the thread includes images of a cutaneous anthrax injury to an infant, taken from a journal article.<a href="https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1890587835184324644.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1890587835184324644.html</a><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDC</a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/EIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EIS</a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a>

Headlines AfricaUnknown illness kills over 50 people in Congo <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJ9hDy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJ9hDy</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congo</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Epidemic</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HealthCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthCrisis</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/UnknownIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnknownIllness</a>

John :au: :hb:In just five years, the world's health authorities hope to declare an end to the <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIDS</a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a>.But with a stroke of a pen, <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> may have pushed that out of reach.Trump’s plan to <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/slash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slash</a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/foreignaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foreignaid</a> has <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/derailed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#derailed</a> efforts to contain growing HIV epidemics in the Asia Pacific & caused some programs to be suspended.The region has the largest HIV epidemic outside of Africa, with 300,000 new cases & 150,00 AIDS-related deaths in 2023. <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/TrumpSabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpSabotage</a> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/us-funding-freeze-impacts-hiv-programs-in-asia-pacific/104948194" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-20/us-funding-freeze-impacts-hiv-programs-in-asia-pacific/104948194</a>

Steve Thompson PhDBird Flu Found in California Rats as USDA Scrambles to Rehire Scientists<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/bird-flu-found-california-rats-usda-scientists-2034873" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsweek.com/bird-flu-found-california-rats-usda-scientists-2034873</a>The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed H5N1 bird flu in four black rats in Riverside County, California this week. The rats were discovered in late January near two recently affected poultry farms, marking the first detection in rats since 2021.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BIRDFLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIRDFLU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#H5N1</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RATS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RATS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EPIDEMIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPIDEMIC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PRESS</a>

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