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Your government is trying to kill you

Here RFK, jr talks about giving everyone measles

“It used to be that everybody got measles. And the measles gave you lifetime protection…The vaccine doesn't do that ... it used to be that very young kids were protected by breast milk."

Before the vaccine was invented in 1963 measles caused and estimated 6 million deaths

Case fatality rates within industrialized populations can be has high as 6%

In malnourished populations, rates can reach 30%

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@cindyweinstein I am all for that. He’s my age and my lifelong immunity from the case I had at 5 was gone when I had my titre’s checked. I got vaccinated last week. Wonder if RFKJr knows whether he’s still immune?
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@MiriShuli @cindyweinstein

The notion that you get better life long immunity to diseases by catching them when young instead of via vaccination is scary…why do the likes of RFK Jr think there was a drive for vaccinations in the first place?

I have hearing loss due to my mum catching Rubella from a kid when she was pregnant with me…I later was vaccinated, but when it came to checking my immunity before I had IVF, I was suprised to hear I had none. GP said this is not unusual.

@(((Cindy Weinstein))) @Mirishuli

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The captain of the Solong cargo ship arrested after a collision with a tanker in the North Sea is a Russian national, the ship's owner has confirmed.

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#news #politics #international #russia #sabotage #disaster


Arrested captain of Solong ship is Russian national, owners say

The captain of the Solong cargo ship was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
Stuart Harratt & Jonathan Josephs (BBC News)
#russia #news #politics #sabotage #international #disaster

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If Starlink is turned off in Ukraine, are there any good alternatives?
"OneWeb customers say that when the service is working great, it's great."
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If Starlink is turned off in Ukraine, are there any good alternatives?

“OneWeb customers say that when the service is working great, it’s great.”…
Eric Berger (Ars Technica)

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Accurate.
A tweet from Ron Filipkowski outlining a satirical "Trump Recession Timeline." It humorously describes shifting narratives, starting with promises of economic prosperity and ending with blaming Biden for a potential recession.
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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In less than a Quarter, Duh Trumpenführer has wrecked the domestic economy, blasted a hole in the DOW, formed a UN voting alliance with our worst enemies, granted hegemony of the Pacific Rim to China, and surrendered like a wimp to Putin. Promises made, Promises Kept.
in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Mayday! Mayday! Robot
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he said prices would go down, and stock prices are in fact going down.

Also, the recession will lower interest rates which is great for anyone with leveraged real estate holdings!

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LISA is BLACKPINK's latest member to crack the top 10
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Arizona AG urges Trump administration to halt federal firings in case to be heard Wednesday
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5324618/arizona-ag-kris-mayes-trump-administration-lawsuit-federal-firings?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Hospitalized Toddler To Spend Rest Of Life Associating Mickey Mouse With Physical Pain
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Photo by The Onion on March 12, 2025. May be an image of 1 person, stethoscope, sling and text that says 'Hospitalized Toddler To Spend Rest OfLife Associating Mickey Mouse With Physical Pain the ONION'.

Hospitalized Toddler To Spend Rest Of Life Associating Mickey Mouse With Physical Pain

BATON ROUGE, LA—As a direct result of receiving pediatric emergency care services, local toddler Tim Ilsington, who was hospitalized Monday, will reportedly spend the rest of his life associating Mickey Mouse with physical pain.
The Onion Staff (The Onion)

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Why one senator is voting "no" on a bill that would stop a government shutdown
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5324716/sen-chris-coons-government-shutdown-stopgap-spending-bill?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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I'm starting a #Mastodon thread on the new #Trump administration's actions and positions on #OpenAccess to research.

I posted frequently about the actions of his first administration. But I did it on #Twitter / #X, which I no longer use.

Also see this wiki page where I'm collecting my old Twitter posts on his first term and my new Mastodon posts on his second term.
cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/The_Tru…

For updates, watch this space.

#OpenWashing #OSTP #ScholComm #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics

The Trump administrations on open access to research - Harvard Open Access Project

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#mastodon #uspolitics #uspol #trump #Twitter #x #takedowns #openaccess #scholcomm #openwashing #OSTP
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Update. "#NIH blocks researchers in China, Russia and other countries from multiple databases."
fiercebiotech.com/research/nih…

"The #Trump administration has blocked access to multiple data repositories maintained by the NIH…The ban is effective April 4 and applies to institutions in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela…The numerous controlled-access data repositories (CADRs) that are affected by the rule hold data on a vast swath of subjects including cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, mental health disorders, substance abuse and adolescent brain development."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #Nationalism #OpenData #Trump #USPol #USPolitics


NIH blocks researchers in China, Russia and other countries from multiple databases

The Trump administration has blocked access to multiple data repositories maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for researchers in several countries, including a cancer statistics d | The Trump administration has blocked access to mul…
Darren Incorvaia (Fierce Biotech)
#uspolitics #uspol #trump #nih #opendata #medicine #censorship #defendresearch #Nationalism
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Protecting research from censorship: resources for scholarly publishers

While there is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the state of research in the US, initiatives are forming to help scholarly publishers respond to government directives and policy changes. We round up resources in this blog post.
blog.scholasticahq.com
#uspolitics #uspol #trump #takedowns #censorship #defendresearch #publishers #scholastica

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This is mindblowing disruption. This new US executive order orders an immediate review of all *existing* federal grants & contracts & also freezes all federal credit cards. The federal gov funds a huge amount of science & it will all stop while this plays out.

whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac…

(b) Review of Covered Contracts and Grants. Each Agency Head, in consultation with the agency’s DOGE Team Lead, shall review all existing covered contracts and grants and, where appropriate and consistent with applicable law, terminate or modify (including through renegotiation) such covered contracts and grants to reduce overall Federal spending or reallocate spending to promote efficiency and advance the policies of my Administration. This process shall commence immediately and shall prioritize the review of funds disbursed under covered contracts and grants to educational institutions and foreign entities for waste, fraud, and abuse. Each Agency Head shall complete this review within 30 days of the date of this order.

Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
The White House

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A great day, indeed. Some more context: "Berners-Lee had been experimenting with hypertext for at least a decade before he began coding the Web. In the proposal he referenced a piece of software he’d developed in 1980, called ‘Enquire’, which he says was conceptually similar to Apple’s later product, HyperCard (which had been released in 1987, just a couple of years before his proposal)." cybercultural.com/p/1990-progr…
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1990: Programming the World Wide Web

In the final few months of 1990, Tim Berners-Lee and his colleague Robert Cailliau developed the world’s first browser, created HTML, wrote the first web server, and invented HTTP.
Richard MacManus (Cybercultural)

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iRobot says there is “substantial doubt” about it as a “going concern”
After Amazon bid failure, firm cut 50% of staff and is launching new robots.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…

iRobot says there is “substantial doubt” about it as a “going concern”

Kevin Purdy (Ars Technica)

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Cop was speeding while watching a Youtube video titled, “Trans woman CONFRONTING Matt Walsh takes UNEXPECTED turn” when he struck and killed a bicyclist.

#MAGA trash. #acab #lgbtq
vtdigger.org/2025/03/07/shelbu…


Shelburne police officer had YouTube video playing in cruiser at time of fatal crash, court records say

Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned next week on a felony charge stemming from the crash that killed Sean Hayes, a cyclist, in South Burlington.
Alan J. Keays (VTDigger)
#maga #LGBTQ #acab

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Be honest. Would you drink from THIS spring?

#Germany #folktale #folklore #WildHunt @germany @folklore
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The Wild Hunt Escarpment at Berchtesgaden: Near Berchtesgaden there is a rock formation called the “Gjoadwand” (“Wild Hunt Escarpment”). There is a spring within this rock which only flows intermittently. When it stops flowing, people can restart it by shouting the following phrase into the rock: “Gjoad! Gjoad! Lass den Schuss los!” (“Wild Hunt! Wild Hunt! Release your shot!”, i.e. let the water flow. Some claim that the correct phrase is: “Jaik! Jaik! Lass den Schuss los!” The local people also believe that all of Berchtesgaden would be flooded if the Iaik were ever to break free. For this reason, prayers are held at the collegiate church in order to prevent this. Near the Gjoadwand is another rock formation called the “Backerwand”, and within this rock there is a cave called the “Frauenloch” (“Women's Hole”). Source: Panzer, F. Bayerische Sagen und Bräuche. Beitrag zur deutschen Mythologie. Erster Band, 1848. p. 9.
#germany #folklore #folktale #wildhunt @folklore group @germany group

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US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol

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US judge says Musk's DOGE must release records on operations run in 'secrecy'

(Reuters) -A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk...
Nate Raymond (Yahoo News)
#news #uspolitics #uspol #politics #press #aurefreepress #headline #gop

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12 March 1926 | A Polish Roma woman, Wanda Ferko-Pawłowska, was born in Zabrzeg.

In #Auschwitz from 29 July 1942.
No. 10570
She was transferred to KL Ravensbrück and liberated there.

A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
#auschwitz

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5 years after WHO declared #COVID-19 a pandemic, the U.S. is cutting staff at #NIH and #CDC while facing TB, measles and the worst flu season in 15 years. A scholar examines the role of 3 #publichealth agencies:
buff.ly/WZe1elu

5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.
The Conversation
#cdc #covid #nih #publichealth

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Annnd, there it is. comicsands.com/musk-big-one-el…

Musk: Entitlement Spending Is 'The Big One': VIDEO

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in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

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I’m still baffled by the shear incompetence of musk and trump, and on top of that the apparent effective inaction of the democrats. America has sunken deep.

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'Landsknecht Orc' by Ylva Ljungqvist

Source: artstation.com/artwork/03mJnE

#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #character #characterart #art #digitalart

A muscular half-orc wearing a colorful Landsknecht outfit.
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Trying to figure out how I would explain to the version of myself living in 1995 the phrase "one of the most prominent surf draculas of our time"

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Surf Dracula

Surf Dracula is a slang expression describing a trope in television shows and other media in which the character's backstory takes so long that the exciting main part of that character's arc arrives too late and gets insufficient screen time.
Philipp (Know Your Meme)
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Onion Headline: "Trump Says Recession Necessary Step To Get To Depression"

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As a citizen of the United States, after hearing more and more stories like this I have to say it's probably best if people don't travel here. ICE has been bad from day one (created-post 9/11) but it's like horror stories from the Soviet Union I remember hearing as a kid now. It doesn't matter if you are coming from countries MAGA considers "good" like this German lady or "bad" ones. It doesn't matter if you have your documents in order and your nose clean. No one is safe from this sort of secret police style treatment. I'm sorry half my country voted for these monsters and cheer this shit on. We've failed ourselves and the rest of the planet. #uspoli #rant

German Thru-Hiker Detained, Deported, and Banned From US - The Trek

An experienced thru-hiker traveling to the US to hike the AZT last month says she was treated inhumanely and deported without justification.
Caitlin Hardee (The Trek)
#uspoli #rant

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A Russian woman spoke out:
"I don't understand why I should expand my borders if my country is dying out, degrading. I have no doubt that my country's soldiers should not be on the territory of Syria, Georgia, Ukraine or other countries. I do not understand why my taxes are not spent on the development of my country, on improving the quality of life of my family, on building houses, roads, on opening schools, kindergartens and clinics.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia
#russia #ukraine #news #press #aurefreepress #headline

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@FediTips Heya! I wanted to drop a suggestion, if I may. On fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-a… it might be worthwhile to add that Cloudflare may block a Mastodon instance from checking the page for a user's verification link. I ran into that issue myself and disabling the Cloudflare proxy/protection allowed me to verify my site :blobcat_engineer:

How do I verify my account on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tips
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Ahhh, interesting, thanks for the info! 🙏

I've added this to the article, hopefully it helps others too.

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[Laughs through tears]
A tweet from The Onion, a satirical news outlet, featuring a headline that reads: "Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression." The image shows Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office.

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@juddlegum.bsky.social's MuskWatch rolls out the DOGE tracker, showing that $96B of DOGE's claimed savings are bullshit. doge.muskwatch.com
A table comparing what DOGE claims it has saved ($105B) what its itemized savings add up to ($29.9B) and what it really has saved ($8.6B). It includes an entry of how much it overstates savings ($96.4B) and has itemizations below that.

Musk Watch Doge Tracker

doge.muskwatch.com
@Judd Legum

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Banks and public money are financing Brazil's Amazon collapse

#politics #brazil #environmentalism
sumauma.com/en/exclusivo-como-…


Exclusive: Banks and public money are financing Amazon collapse - SUMAÚMA

From January 2018 to August 2024, nearly $1.9 billion was lent to 24,000 rural areas in the region known as Amacro, an agricultural frontier opened under Bolsonaro.
Natália Chagas (SUMAÚMA)
#politics #brazil #environmentalism

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Spotify appears to have removed Andrew Tate's "pimping hoes" class; internal communications show some Spotify employees complained about offering the course (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

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'Pretty Vile:' Spotify Removes Andrew Tate 'Pimping Hoes' Class After Employees Complain

Internal Spotify communications viewed by 404 Media show Spotify’s own employees complaining about Andrew Tate’s course being available on the platform.
Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)

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You're going to want to read today's story. Gives you a better sense of the people who most closely surround Musk. Here's the lede:

At 49, Branden Spikes isn't just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk's most loyal employees. Here's a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon's cousin.

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A 2011 photo of Branden and Natalia Spikes, on left, in 2011. The man on the far right is Ivan Y. Podvalov, a board member of the Kremlin-aligned Congress of Russian Americans (CRA). The man in the center is Feodor Yakimoff, director of operations at the Transib Global Sourcing Group, and chairman of the Russian Imperial Charity Balls, which works in concert with the Russian Heritage Foundation. They are all in formal black tie attire, standing in front of a giant Russian Orthodox painting.

Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?

At 49, Branden Spikes isn't just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla…
krebsonsecurity.com

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A man dared a hostess in Tokyo to a drinking game. She died several hours later. The story demonstrates how obscenely wealthy men use their power to take advantage of economically disadvantaged women for nothing but the sake of their own amusement.

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#Japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite

Tequila is poured from a bottle into a glass. Tequila with salt and lime slices on a background of sunset.

Dared to Death: Wealth, Sexism, and Tragedy in Tokyo - Unseen Japan

A "drinking game" in a high-end Tokyo bar that ended in a young woman's death has drawn attention to the abusive power wielded by rich men.
Jay Allen (Unseen Japan)
#japan #ujwebsite #unseenjapan

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Government procurement is a crucial funding mechanism for software and currently tends to discriminate against #OpenSource. Like several other peer organisations, @osi has just submitted input to the @EUCommission who have been asking for advice. @jmaris has blogged about it
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Overcoming barriers to Open Source procurement in the European Union

The EU has just started a review of European public procurement rules, and have asked for input on potential changes to the rules.
Open Source Initiative
#OpenSource @European Commission @Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @Open Source Initiative

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New: we've obtained a leaked list of the more than 200 sites, services, apps an ICE surveillance contractor monitors. Bluesky, OnlyFans, many more. Used to track targets. Highly relevant with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE. We've published the full list here: 404media.co/the-200-sites-an-i…

The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring

404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)
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Mother Bones
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Mother Bones
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@DoNotPunchDown @PersistentDreamer
Ultimately nothing in the world can ever be 100% secure.
But generally speaking. The accessible info on Signal is about signup.
@DoNotPunchDown @persistentdreamergames
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G. Gibson
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I recommend Element (using the matrix protocol) as a replacement for Signal

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#Ukraine hopes for 'strong steps' if #Russia rejects #ceasefire offer, Zelenskyy says - theguardian.com/world/live/202… well, only fair, no?
#russia #ukraine #ceasefire

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Current Affairs Magazine Demonstrates #Paywalls Are Not Necessary for Publications to Thrive - blog.archive.org/2025/03/04/cu… "the publication relies on traffic from social media to attract new readers."

Film Screening – Staff Picks from the Prelinger Archives

Prelinger Archives is in the final year of a three-year grant for mass-digitization of its film collection funded by Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Since the start of the […]\n
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Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders buff.ly/ILb5i7K

Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders

Doctors often miss the signs of eating disorders in middle-aged women due to cultural stereotypes around these illnesses.
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