Category: Covid-19

A positive Covid-19 test result within 72 hours of flying back to the U.S. means you're stuck in that country for a while longer.

Catching Covid-19 is not the number one worry for international travelers, according to Inmarsats Passenger Confidence Tracker 2021, the largest global survey of airline passengers since the pandemic began.

The biggest concern, held by 51% of travelers, is that they will need to quarantine in their destination. That topped the 43% of respondents who said they were anxious about catching the virus at the airport or on the plane. Other major concerns for travelers boil down to the unpredictability of travel right now, with 41% of travelers expressing worry over unpredictable border closures and more than a third (36%) citing confusing safety protocols.

Even fully vaccinated travelers are right to consider the possibility of an imposed quarantine. Since January, all travelers flying into the United States musttest negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of enteringthe country. Inevitably, some travelers vaccinated or not test positive within the last three days of their trip.

For vaccinated travelers, the risk of getting seriously ill from Covid-19 is extremely low. But none of the Covid-19 vaccines are 100% efficacious, and a small percentage of vaccinated international travelers will inevitably become mildly infected and test positive for the illness while overseas.

To date, thousands of travelers on the tail end of a trip have received a positive test result via text or email, sometimes on the way to the airport for their flight back to the U.S..This completely upends their re-entry plans because it means delaying the return home.

A positive test result means that travelers must get retested until they receive a negative test result and, in the meantime, they must remain in their destination at their own expense, often under quarantine or isolation orders. Obviously this will add significantly to trip costs.

Rules about quarantining depends on your destination. You may be able to extend your hotel stay and self-isolate in your room, but some countries require travelers to stay in a designated quarantine hotel. Regardless of where you are, you will foot the bill for any extra days spent in your destination, including accommodations, food (likely restricted to room service) and any extra Covid tests or medical aid you may need.

Before any international trip, consult theU.S. State Departments Covid-related pagefor your destination. These pages are updated often and will cover entry and exit requirements in that country, as well as testing resources and information about potential quarantines.

Because your U.S.-based health insurance plan is unlikely to cover medical expenses abroad, it is important to buypandemic-specific travel insurancebefore leaving home. Some countries require foreign tourists to carry it.

To give themselves an extra insurance policy against becoming a breakthrough case, some fully vaccinated American travelers are finagling a third shot of the vaccine a few weeks before leaving on their trip even though theU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to green light booster shots for healthy adults and many scientists say booster shots are not necessary for most Americans.

TheCDC recommends avoiding international traveluntil you arefully vaccinated, given that the risk of getting seriously ill from Covid-19 is so much greater.

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The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) reports 14 new individuals in the Juneau community 13 residents and one nonresident identified with COVID-19 for September 14. DHSS also reports one nonresident death for Juneau a female in her 60s. The individual was initially diagnosed with COVID-19 in Juneau and later sought medical care outside Juneau where she eventually died. CBJ extends condolences to family members and friends of this individual.

The total number of deaths associated with Juneau is currently nine eight residents (two died out of state) and one nonresident. There arecurrentlyfour people with COVID-19 hospitalized at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

For September 13 14, The Juneau School District reports seven individuals whove tested positive for COVID-19 and were infectious while in school:

COVID-19 cases related to schools are posted on thedistrict website(click on the green COVID-19 Cases block). Find more district-related COVID-19 information atjuneauschools.org.

Juneau Public Health reports these generalized case trends for the past week:

Statewide, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports691 new peopleidentified with COVID-19 676 are residents and 15 are nonresidents. The state also reports seven deaths six residents and one nonresident bringing the total number of resident deaths to 451 and nonresident deaths to 15. Alaska has had 93,039 cumulative resident cases of COVID-19 and a total of 4,287 nonresidents.

Juneau vaccine update:

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FILE Person applying betadine on wounds of her daughters leg. (Photo: Getty Images)

(KXAN) Following the surge of and use of parasite treatment ivermectin as an unproven and non-FDA-approved COVID-19 treatment, another drug is reportedly being misused as a coronavirus therapeutic.

Its called Betadine. While its a common topical antiseptic, the iodine is not intended to be ingested. However, thats not stopping people from doing it, Forbes reports. Claims of its use are also surfacing on social media, despite, as with ivermectin, little-to-no evidence Betadine and its generic form treat COVID-19.

Betadine is approved for cleaning skin wounds and sometimes for douching. A drug store product with a 0.5% solution is intended as a sore throat gargle, and a 10% solution is also sold for skin cleaning. Neither product is intended to be swallowed.

Forbes explains that while some studies of Betadine for COVID-19 treatment exist, the findings come with some critical asterisks. One Rutgers University study tested generic povidone iodine for COVID-19 treatment and while some potential benefits exist, the results were found in an artificial environment and were found to have damaging effects on skin cells. Another 2020 study found some potential benefits, but researchers of both studies say more research is needed.

Avrio Health, Betadines manufacturer, released guidelines for Betadine use, saying its products have not been approved to treat coronavirus and should only be used to help prevent infection in minor cuts, scrapes and burns.

Betadine Antiseptic products have not been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment or prevention of COVID-19 or any other viruses, Avrio Health said.

Avrio says its warnings apply to both its topical and throat-gargle products. The company says those who ingest more than a small amount should call a Poison Control Center immediately. Infectious disease specialist Judy Stone says symptoms of Betadine or povidone iodine poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, kidney failure, acidosis and even death.

The Centers for Disease Control urges Americans that the currently available COVID-19 vaccines Pfizer (now fully FDA-approved), Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson are safe and effective. While vaccines do not guarantee you wont become infected with COVID-19, they have significant real-world data confirming they prevent severe illness and hospitalization.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Sept. 15, 2021

COLUMBIA, S.C. Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is updating its online reporting of COVID-19 Associated with Students & Staff to help parents, caregivers and school officials have additional data about COVID-19s impact on schools.

DHEC has been working with the S.C. Department of Education to implement a new weekly reporting tool for schools and districts that captures how many students and staff were in quarantine and isolation the previous week due to COVID-19. Beginning today, DHECs school cases dashboard will be archived and replaced with a new weekly report for K-12 public, private, and charter schools that provides COVID-19 numbers as reported directly from our states schools. This updated reporting includes the number of students and school staff who are isolated meaning they are a positive COVID-19 case and the number who are quarantined meaning they are close contacts. The cumulative number of individuals quarantined and isolated since the start of the 2021-2022 school year will also be included.We appreciate the ongoing support and dedication of our school officials, teachers and school employees around the state during these challenging, stressful and emotional times, said Dr. Brannon Traxler, DHEC Public Health Director. We know that school officials consider many factors when they make decisions about classroom instruction, and we hope that including quarantine and isolation numbers in our statewide school reporting will provide an additional data set for informing school officials, as well as students, parents and caregivers, about the current status of COVID-19s effect on our schools.

While DHECs previous school cases dashboard was updated Tuesdays and Fridays, the webpage will now be updated once a week, on Wednesdays, with this expanded school reporting. DHEC sends this new quarantine and isolation survey to schools at 7 a.m. on Fridays, and schools need to report that information back to DHEC by noon on Tuesdays in order for it to be represented on the agencys webpage on Wednesdays. An NR in the reporting means a school did not report information to the agency on time.

As we work with all charter, public and private schools in the state to implement this new weekly reporting tool, the isolation and quarantine information may be incomplete initially, since the information is coming directly from our states schools, said Dr. Traxler. If your schools data isnt included in our DHEC reporting, please reach out and encourage your school to participate in this important public health effort.

While school officials, not DHEC, determine whether a school should operate in-person or virtually, DHEC's regional epidemiology teams provide the most current guidance and other information as requested so school officials can make the most informed decisions possible, in the best interest of the health and wellbeing of their students and staff.

DHEC public health officials continue to strongly urge all eligible South Carolinians to get vaccinated as soon as possible to not only protect themselves, but to protect children under the age of 12 who cant get vaccinated and are vulnerable to COVID-19 and its variants. Masks should also be worn by students, teachers, visitors, and everyone whos in a school setting or on a bus.

DHECs 2021-2022 interim school guidance is available for everyone here.

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A new study from the CDC looking at more than half a million people has come to the conclusion that COVID vaccines remain effective. (Joel CarrettAAP Image viaAP)

NEW MEXICO(KRQE) One week after state health officials noted an apparent deceleration in the number of new COVID-19 cases in New Mexico, officials are expected to update the latest case trends during a news conference Tuesday afternoon. KRQE News 13 will live stream the briefing on this page, with coverage beginning around 2 p.m.

The latest weekly report on New Mexicos COVID-19 trends comes amid a summer where the state has seen a surge of new cases across July and August. Just last month, health officials expressed concern about the summer 2021 spike looking similar to the states worst COVID-19 spike in late 2020.

During an August 11 news conference, New Mexico Department of Healths Epidemiologist Christine Ross said the increase in cases at the time looked similar to what (the state) saw prior to (New Mexicos) worst surge to date in the winter. At the time, case counts were 10 times higher than they were the first week of July, according to state data.

However, since then, the state has seen a deceleration in the number of new COVID-19 cases. According to data posted on the states COVID-19 dashboard, as of September 10, the 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases in New Mexico had dropped to 382 new cases a day. On August 25, the states 7-day average appeared to spike at 862 new cases a day.

On Tuesday, Sept. 14, New Mexico announced 749 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the states total to 242,399 cases. Twelve additional deaths were announced.

New Mexicos Acting Department of Health Secretary and Department of Human Services Dr. David Scrase is expected to participate in Wednesdays news conference, alongside the states Public Education Secretary-designate Dr. Kurt Steinhaus. NMDOH Deputy Secretary Dr. Laura Parajon is also expected to join the conversation.

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) Studies show both hybrid immunity and superhuman immunity are ways in which our bodies may have extra fighting power against COVID-19.

Experts say theyve heard the terms used interchangeably, but theyre a little bit different.

Hybrid immunity, is when someone has had COVID-19 and the vaccine.

It provides people with antibodies from both.

Superhuman immunity starts off the same way, but that some people with particular genetics can develop even more immunity.

There are some of us that have this super ability to be able to recover from infections, COVID being one of them, a little better than the general population, said Archana Narayan, and Immunologist with North Texas Allergy & Asthma Associates.

Experts say its a rare phenomenon.

Its a descriptive term for an individual to generate very high amounts of neutralizing antibodies, Dr. Mohanakrishnan Sathyamoorthy, Chair of Internal Medicine, TCU and UNTHSC.

Studies show that some folks may have hit the genetic jackpot, meaning their bodies can develop very high levels antibodies that neutralize the virus.

They are also capable of fighting off present and future variants of COVID-19.

They say theres no specific clinical test you can take to determine if someone has super human immunity, other than a regular antibody test to assess ones general immunity, if recommended by a doctor.

Other than that, they say the best bet is to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

If youve been infected then you can take comfort in knowing on top of that infection, you can boost your immune response with a vaccine. You can create a level of immune response thats remarkable, Dr. Mohanakrishnan said.

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COVID misinformation: FDA warns about ivermectin as COVID treatment

It's just one of the many online rumors floating around about the coronavirus, treatments and the vaccine.

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Believe it or not, you mayhave more power in getting others vaccinated against COVID-19 than scientists.

In recent years, social media research and large-scale social network experiments haveshown that family and friends could be more effective than public health officials in terms of directing useful information to those around us, largely because we tend to trust knowledgable people who are close to us and can tailor our messaging to better connect with loved ones.

From The Scientific American:

Indeed, a sibling or a friend online or next door is in some ways better able to underscore the importance of behaviors such as masking and physical distancing than public health agencies or experts such as (Dr. Anthony) Fauci. Its not only that we trust information from knowledgeable people who are close to us but that those in our lives can find opportune moments to explain why preventive behaviors are important to them and why they trust the science that says those actions reduce the spread of the virus. A neighbor or a friend can respond with messages tailored to a persons interests and concerns. In addition to correcting misconceptions in real time, a confidant can create an environment inhospitable to misinformation in the first place. Finally, and critically, deception and debunking usually occur in different venues: those who are exposed to misconceptions rarely encounter the fact-checks.

In other words, you and I have a part to play in championing the truth. And it's a good thing we have that power, because the internet today is a Wild West, where false information thrives as well as true information, and can lead to dire real-life consequences.

That especially has been true when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines. In recent months, you likely have been bombarded with inaccurate or misleading information regarding the efficacy and safety of vaccines, created by bad actors on the internet and later shared by friends, family, celebrities, influencers and politicians all over Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social platforms. This misinformation sometimes purposefully manufactured to influence you, which is called disinformation has played a role in tens of millions of Americans electing not to receive a vaccine.

So you might be wondering: How do I deal with this? How do I spot misinformation (and disinformation) on social media, and how can I fight it? Glad you asked.Here are some strategies to employ as you peruse social media and the internet at large going forward.

More:Your COVID-19 vaccine questions, answered

If there is one rule you should follow when it comes to using the internet and social media, it's this: Don't believe everything you read.

"Just dont buy into it immediately," said Keenan Chen, a research reporter for First Draft, a nonprofit coalition founded in 2015 to protect communities from misinformation campaigns.

You must treat everything with a healthy level of skepticism. We're not saying assume everything's false until proven otherwise; just consider the possibility that it could be.

This means double-checking the claims on that meme your uncle shared on Facebook (by searching the claims on Google to see where they might becoming from),or doing a reverse image searchon that unbelievable photo your friend retweeted on Twitter (by going to google.com/imghp and "searching" the image to find its original source). Closely look at links, and verify websites you've never heard of so you ensure it's coming from a reliable source. Some of these websites don't even have "About Us" pages, which is a major red flag.

Even if the story is from a reputable news source, read beyond the headline because, unfortunately, some headlines tend to inadvertently amplify false claims.

And lastly, "understand the motive," Chen said. Remember that the most popular and engaging posts on social media tend to stir up some form of emotion inside you, whether it's happiness, sadness, anger, nostalgia, etc.So take a beat before making a knee-jerk reaction when you see something emotionalonline.

"Thosewebsites you see with volatile headlines, thats usually where the unreliable information comes from," Chen said.

If you see something on social media you think mightbe false or misleading, consider the source.

If it's a person, try Googling their name and seeing what you find. If it's a website, see what else they're reporting and what their "About Us" page looks like. Google and Wikipedia are your friends; use them to search for names of people and organizations who are making the claims.

Keep in mind that a common strategy in disinformation campaigns is offering a "kernelof truth" in posting false or misleading information. So while something in the claim might technically be true, that truth could be twisted into something false.

"The most effective misinformation is partially true, partially false," Chen said.

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So you've seen a claim on social media and you did your research to find out it's inaccurate (or misleading). What should you do next?

Chen offers one thing youshouldn'tdo: Share it.

"It may sound unrealistic, but dont easily share posts on social media," he said. "By sharing it, you are making it more viral and reaching out to more people (with the false information)."

Likewise, hitting 'like' and commenting on a post also could amplify it to your friends and family, and inadvertently signal that you endorse the post.

Some well-intentioned social media users will share a false claim or a bad headline so they can "dunk" on it, especially on Twitter, where the quote-tweet function makes it quite easy to mock, disaparage or attack others. But in the grand scheme of things, that tends to backfire because the false claim or bad headline is amplified by users sharing it, especially if they don't respond with an alternative or an explanation.

So what can you do instead?

When a loved one of yours is buying into a false narrative online, or is sharing misleading or false information in some fashion, approaching them in a non-confrontational way about why it's wrong is ideal, Chen said.

"Be patient, be a good friend (or family member), andexplain why thats not true," Chen said. "You could say,'I can show you something that scientists say that ...' or some other way. Justdont be confrontational."

Back up your claims by offering links and resources from reputableplaces. Practice empathy and listen to their concerns. Acknowledge that you don't have the answer to every question "sometimes, fact-checkers will say something is true or false but cannot explain why," Chen said.It's not easy, and it may not always work, but it's better than letting a potentially dangerous belief go unchecked.

Remember, you may have more power in getting the people around you vaccinated than scientists.So use social media in a way that properly debunks false information with effective fact-checking.

Want to learn more about spotting and combating misinformation (and disinformation)? Here are some resources for you to bookmark:

News Lit Quiz: Should you share it?(News Literacy Project)

How to Debunk Misinformation about COVID, Vaccines and Masks(Scientific American)

VAERS: How to stop misinformation related to the US vaccine database(First Draft)

Young African Americans Communication with Family Members About COVID-19: Impact on Vaccination Intention and Implications for Health Communication Interventions(Diane B. Francis, Nia Mason & Aurora Occa)

Covid-19 vaccines: A leap of faith and the power of trust among Black and Hispanic communities(First Draft)

Brian Manzullo is the social, search and audience editor of the Detroit Free Press. Contact him: bmanzullo@freepress.com and on Twitter, @BrianManzullo.

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Countless things have gone wrong since Covid-19 arrived on American shores, yet this week we got proof of something that really went right: the economic policy response.

The pandemic-induced shutdown was initially the worst hit to the U.S. economy since the Great Depression. Employment and output both fell more last year than in 2008 during the financial crisis.

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CoronavirusFoot traffic along Commercial street in Provincetown in July. Barry Chin / The Boston Globe

Gov. Charlie Baker says one of the biggest challenges government leaders like himself have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic is accurately conveying and contextualizing information about the evolving virus.

And during a speech Tuesday, the Massachusetts governor acknowledged that there have been times when government leaders, healthcare leaders, all of us have not done a good job of describing whats actually been happening.

His primary example: the now-infamous COVID-19 outbreak in Provincetown.

The outbreak, which ballooned to over 1,000 cases among mostly vaccinated individuals, drove headlines suggesting a failure of the vaccines, Baker said, when in fact it was just the opposite.

This is in fact a demonstration of success on the part of vaccines, but that really wasnt the media story, Baker said during a virtual address Tuesday morning to the New England Council.

Baker said that were estimated to be about 10,000 people in the Cape Cod town during the July weekend that outbreak began, a collision between the highly transmissible delta variant and one of the most vaccinated communities in the state.

A popular getaway destination in the LGBT community, Provincetown hosts a series of party weekends during the month of July. However, as Baker noted, rain forced much of the activity indoors during the Fourth of July weekend.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday it rained all four days, so all the outdoor activity that was expected to take place got moved inside, Baker said. Crowded packed bars, restaurants, nightclubs, hotel lobbies, the works. And lots of house parties that people thought were going to be outside that were inside.

According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that led the agency to change its face covering guidelines, roughly three quarters of the cases associated with the outbreak were among vaccinated individuals in a town where over 90 percent of the people were estimated to have gotten the vaccine.

Ultimately, the cluster was deemed to be north of 1000 cases, Baker said Tuesday. And this led to some real headlines across the country and in this region that said, you know, OMG, you know, all these people went to this big weekend in Provincetown and they were all vaccinated and there were a lot of cases that came out of it. And frankly, a lot of people interpreted that as the vaccines dont work.

But the story is actually a lot different than that, he added.

While the outbreak demonstrated that even fully vaccinated individuals could transmit the delta variant, it also showed how effective the vaccines were at preventing spread and, especially, serious illness due to COVID-19.

Baker noted that some infectious disease experts have estimated that the outbreak would have been roughly five times larger if no one was vaccinated. Additionally, there were only seven hospitalizations connected to the outbreak, as well as one death among an elderly man who was immunocompromised.

Everybody whos studied this issue says there would have been, you know, a number you cant even calculate more with respect to how many hospitalizations there would have been if all those folks hadnt been vaccinated, Baker said. And one gentleman unfortunately passed away. He was in his 70s and he was in active chemotherapy treatment.

Most of the news coverage has since come to reflect that reality, but Baker says the outbreak complicated messaging efforts promoting the vaccines efficacy.

That in many ways has been one of the biggest challenges we in government have faced throughout the course of this pandemic, which is trying to get not only the message right but also the narrative arc of the message over the long term right about whats correct, he said.

Baker noted that the data about the vaccines effectiveness is pretty compelling. A recent Wall Street Journal analysis found that every single state with ahigher-than-average vaccination rate also had lower-than-average hospitalization rates, even amid this summers delta-fueled surge.

If you look at the states that have the highest vaccination rates obviously, Massachusetts, New England, and the Northeast would be among the national leaders there we have lower case counts per capita, but more importantly we also have lower hospitalization rates and lower death rates than the vast majority of other states around the country, Baker said.

And if you look at the states that have the lowest vaccination rates, theyre the ones that are struggling with the highest case counts, the highest hospitalization rates, and the highest death rates, he added.

Baker added that unvaccinated individuals who are hospitalized also tend to be a lot sicker than the folks who have been vaccinated.

I wish there was a really simple, easy way to help everybody understand this, he said.

Over the last 18 months, Baker said there were a lot of night where I didnt get a lot of sleep where he would go downstairs and watch British parliament debates on TV a really crazy thing to do and realized his frustrations about communication were also shared across the Atlantic.

When you toss in the high anxiety that comes with the rest of this, it becomes a profoundly complex conversation, Baker said, adding that overcoming vaccine hesitancy in addition to government mistrust turns us into a very complicated and difficult messaging exercise.

That said, Baker added that he was incredibly grateful that so many people have gotten vaccinated in Massachusetts, which has at least partially vaccinated over 88 percent of all adults, the second highest rate in the country.

That is the path out of this and were going to have to continue to concentrate on it, he said.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) More than 550 new COVID-19 cases were announced in Wednesdays update from theSouth Dakota Department of Health.

With 568 new total COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday, the states total case count is now at 138,860 up from Tuesday (138,292).

Active cases are now at 7,364, up from Tuesday (7,263).

The death toll from COVID-19 is now at 2,093, up one from Tuesday (2,092). The new death was a man from Pennington County in the 30 -39 year old age group.

Current hospitalizations are at 204, down from Tuesday (215). Total hospitalizations are now at 7,100, up from Tuesday (7,090).

Total recovered cases are now at 129,403, up from Tuesday (128,937). The latest seven-day PCR test positivity rate for the state is 14.2% for September 7 through September 13.

The DOH currently reports total tests each day. There have been 1,433,766 total tests reported as of Wednesday, up 6,707 from 1,427,059 total tests reported on Tuesday.

Of South Dakotas 66 counties, 53 are listed as having high community spread. High community spread is 100 cases or greater per 100,000 or a 10% or greater PCR test positivity rate. Three counties (Jerauld, Potter and Sully) are listed as low community spread.

Theres been 289 confirmed cases of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2, AY.1-AY.3) detected in South Dakota through sentinel monitoring.

There have been 172 cases of the B.1.1.7 (Alpha variant), 3 cases of P.1. (Gamma variant) and 1 cases of the B.1.351 (Beta variant). An unknown variant case has also been found.

As of Wednesday, 63.17% of the population 12-year-olds and above has received at least one dose while 57.46% have completed the vaccination series.

There have been 427,028 doses of the Pfizer vaccine administered, 313,856 of the Moderna vaccine and 27,346 doses of the Janssen vaccine.

There have been 151,117 persons who have completed two doses of Moderna and 202,975 who have received two doses of Pfizer.

The number of people who completed the Pfizer vaccine went up by 621 patients; 447 people completed the Moderna vaccine series.

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