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Camille Nelson Kotton

@kottonnelson.bsky.social
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Transplant Infectious Diseases physician @MGH, former CDC ACIP member, passionate about vaccines and stomping out CMV, opinions =own

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Walgreens has confirmed initial state-by-state availability of Covid vaccines. It may change — last year, some states that initially had age or prescription limits lost them when state officials acted — but this is the situation for now. Other pharmacies may have different policies.

We will continue to update availability as appropriate.

    States where the 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccine will be available at Walgreens pharmacies soon to patients ages 3+:


AL, AK, AR, CA, CO, DE, HI, ID, LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, OK, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WV, DC

    States where the 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccine will be available soon, subject to state-specific age restrictions:


CT (12+), FL (18+), GA (13+), IL (7+), IN (11+), IA (18+), KS (12+), KY (5+), MA (5+), MO (7+), MT (7+), NJ (5+), NC (7+), OH (5+), SC (16+), TX (14+), VT (5+), WI (6+), WY (7+)

    States where pharmacist administration will be available with a prescription. List may change:


AZ, OR, UT  

    U.S. territories where the vaccine is not currently available for administration at Walgreens pharmacies:


Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/08/2026
HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites theonion.com/hhs-replaces-childhood…
HHS Replaces Childhood Vaccination Schedule With List Of Recommended Animal Bites
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I’m running for President of The Transplantation Society to expand global engagement, strengthen transplantation leadership worldwide, and support future leaders. Former TID leader, Executive Committee secretary/councilor, Education co-chair, and CMV/BK guideline developer.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 14/11/2025
#RespiratoryVirus situation update: #Influenza activity is increasing in the EU/EEA, earlier than in recent seasons, while #RSV activity remains low. #SARSCoV2 activity is stable or decreasing. Read more here: erviss.org #Flu #COVID19 #IDsky #EpiSky
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University of Minnesota Infectious Diseases @umn-idim.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
There’s now an app for all things fungi 🦠🍄 Dr. Matthew Pullen, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, helped launch Dr Fungus—a free app that brings the trusted resource to your phone. Explore fungal infections, antifungal treatments, and case-based learning—all in one place.
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Home - Doctor Fungus
Welcome to Doctor Fungus! An Educational Website of theMycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC)   [View Legal Information] Where to Start Mycology Case of the Month An Introducti...
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Interested in a transplant recipient facing education tool about CMV? We developed this as a spinoff from the fourth international consensus CMV guidelines. Thank you to Kamada Pharmaceuticals and @lavyshai.bsky.social for support and development. cytogam.com/wp-content/u...
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Honored to cochair the #CMVSymposium_2025 with @martinasester.bsky.social and Julian de la Torre Cisneros - defeating the troll of transplantation
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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Read this op-ed in the @bostonglobe.com by LDI Fellow @zekeemanuel.bsky.social. ⤵️
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
if you only share one of my posts today, let it be this one
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Excited to have this recording available to all who want to listen/watch ⁦‪@BradGardiner.bsky.social‬⁩ talk about his very interesting work with CMV and lung transplant -TTS EdComm - Immune biomarkers for CMV infection @transplantation.bsky.social ⁦‪ ⁦‬⁩ tts.org/join-tts/116...
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TTS EdComm - Immune biomarkers for CMV infection - August 27 2025
The Transplantation Society will provide the focus for global leadership in transplantation: development of the science and clinical practice, scientific communication, continuing education, guidance ...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/08/2025
Breaking news: Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the CDC, is being ousted weeks after she was confirmed to lead the public health agency, according to multiple administration officials.
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CDC director being ousted weeks into job
Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Dr John Baddley @jobadd.bsky.social talking about cutting edge antifungals at the Transplant ID symposium in Toronto organized by the Ajmera Transplant Centre events.myconferencesuite.com/Transplant_I...
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AST IDCOP @ast-idcop.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Dr. Robert (Bob) Rubin Transplant ID Award Recipient for 2025 is the amazing @kottonnelson.bsky.social !!! #TxID #MedEd @astinfo.bsky.social
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Priya Kodiyanplakkal @rosypriya.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Full house at the ABCs of CMV session at #WTC2025 #TxID featuring a targeted review the new #Cmv guidelines @kottonnelson.bsky.social
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
CDC workers were terrified as gunman shot at the agency’s headquarters yesterday. Today they are still reeling from shock, fear — and rage. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
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After Years of Anger Directed at C.D.C., Shooting Manifests Worst Fears
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
CDC employees told me the shooting at CDC was much worse than initial police reports suggested. More than 40 bullets hit buildings. “It’s a miracle more people weren’t hit,” said one staffer who was locked down in a building for hours last evening.
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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
An absolutely extraordinary piece of writing about the shock and dread of living through something you would have considered unimaginable, and — somewhat — coming out the other side. (This is not a spoiler, if the author had not survived there would be no story. Stop quibbling and read it.)
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Pleased to join colleagues like @ericmeyerowitz.bsky.social in the @nejm.org rebutting the COVID vaccine policy of Prasad and Makary www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
To the Editor: In their Sounding Board article (June 26 issue),1 Prasad and Makary ignore the fact that the risks of SARS-CoV-2 infection extend beyond acute outcomes such as hospitalization and de...
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
ICYMI - on June 25, the CDC signed off on the ACIP recommendation that adults 50 years of age and over with risk factors for severe RSV get the RSV vaccine. Details here. This lowers the age from 60 to 50. Universal recommendation for everyone 75 and over. www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...
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ACIP Recommendations
ACIP approved the following recommendations by majority vote and were adopted by the CDC Director.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Looking forward to this webinar on July 7 – join us!
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
America must acknowledge how devastating this will be for now & future generations. There will be millions of shortened lives and unnecessary deaths here & abroad. We have been the leaders in science and medicine - this is truly crippling. It will affect of all of, our families, and our patients.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The deadline for this has been moved out to July 14. Send in your interesting CMV data or CMV cases!
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Not just shingles vaccine, but also RSV vaccine reduces the risk of dementia, which highlights the benefit of revving up the immune system in older individuals www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Lower risk of dementia with AS01-adjuvanted vaccination against shingles and respiratory syncytial virus infections
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Interesting that the CDC is reporting higher rates of parvovirus B19 last year - anecdotally I saw more in Transplant patients. Think about this diagnosis with significant anemia in immunocompromised patients. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Notes from the Field: Parvovirus B19 Activity ...
This report describes an increase in sera specimens positive for B19 antibodies during January–May 10, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Just minutes into the first meeting of scientific advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., it was clear that the skeptical panelists intended to upend longstanding vaccine recommendations in the US, particularly those pertaining to children. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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Kennedy’s New Advisers to Broaden Scrutiny of Childhood Vaccines
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Very proud to have worked with Dr. Fiona Havers – she served our country incredibly well, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her departure from the CDC is a great loss.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Very proud of the 17 ACIP members for publishing this jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at a Crossroads
In this Viewpoint, former members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) caution that the sudden change in the ACIP may reverse the achievements of US immunization policy, includin...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/06/2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new CDC advisory committee is proof that America’s anti-vaccine era is truly beginning, @katherinejwu.com writes. theatln.tc/hOM6uyum
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 14/06/2025
Few are telling this trainwreck's tale with as much rigor and passion as @anniewaldman.bsky.social‬ @ #ProPublica. "[Trump] ...has terminated more than 1,450 [#NIH] grants withholding more than $750 million in funds." Read the full piece zurl.co/fCpUU & join us to fight back. #StandUpForScience
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPublica what is being lost.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The "No Kings" organizers say that there are more than 1,800 protests planed for tomorrow.: www.nokings.org We'll have journalists at several of them, but you can tag @motherjones.com with your clips and tips.
Map of No Kings protests
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Paul Sax @paulsaxmd.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The head of HHS said he’d preserve ACIP. Then he fired the entire committee. Now a new panel -- with mostly unclear expertise in clinical trials, vaccines, and ID -- is in place. Time for high alert for changes that could seriously affect public health. #IDSky blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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Why the Sudden Firing of ACIP Members Should Put Every Clinician on High Alert
There are certain irrefutable verities when, like me, you’re an infectious diseases specialist married to a pediatrician. Here are our top two, which are deeply interrelated: Infectious deaths in chil...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Pressure matters, advocacy matters. Don't let any one convince that it doesn't. 450 CDC employees and several key departments including HIV prevention and STI surveillance and testing departments were reinstated today. Keep speaking up! www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/...
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US CDC restores jobs for 450 laid-off employees
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reinstating some 450 employees laid off under the Trump administration's massive reduction of the federal workforce, a government spokesperson...
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Eurofins Transplant @eurofinstransplant.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This year at #WTC2025, explore key post-tx challenges & the latest in CMV mgmt at our Satellite Symposia. Learn more: eurofinstransplant.com/events/eurof... Join us Aug 5th, 1–2 PM at the Moscone Center, Room 307, for two expert-led presentations. @jfriedo.bsky.social @kottonnelson.bsky.social
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Doxy PEP?? 😂
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Submit your abstracts for the CMV symposium 2025 to be held in Sept near Frankfurt. Submission deadline is June 30. The top 3 abstracts will have travel and accommodation covered. Priority for excellent abstracts submitted by those earlier in their career. It will be a wonderful meeting! Join us!!
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I’m really looking forward to this!! Such an all star ⭐️ lineup and great topics!!
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
#FDA has approved #Moderna's next-generation #Covid shot, with the same use restrictions it imposed on Novavax's vaccine earlier this month. www.statnews.com/2025/05/31/m...
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FDA approves a next-generation Covid vaccine from Moderna, with restrictions
The FDA has approved Moderna’s new Covid-19 vaccine, though it placed restrictions on its use that the company’s existing Covid shot does not currently face.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Very helpful, thanks!
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Confused about what just happened with Covid vaccine recommendations and what it all means? You might find this episode of Daily helpful www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/p...
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R.F.K. Jr. Sends a Message on Vaccines
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Excited to share our updated CMVStream, discussing the updated international CMV guidelines and challenging aspects of management after organ transplant cmvstream.com @mpereiramd.bsky.social
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CMV Stream 2025 - CMV STREAM
CMV Management in Solid Organ Transplantation Insights and Challenges from the New 4th Consensus Guidelines Watch the recording Watch CMV Stream 2025 for an in-depth discussion on challenging issues a...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Canada now has more measles cases than any other country in the Americas www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Canada achieved measles elimination status in 1998. Now, it could lose it | CBC News
As Canada’s measles outbreak continues to grow, the country is at risk of losing its measles elimination status — a bar set by the World Health Organization. That could have implications for the entir...
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Interested in learning more about resistant refractory CMV after organ transplantation? Join us this Wednesday 6 PM ET. Open for audience questions at the end! @aussiedocwolfe.bsky.social www.pathlms.com/catalyst/web...
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Complimentary 1-Hour CME Symposium - Novel Antivirals for Refractory or Resistant CMV Infection: Improving the Standard of Care for Solid Organ Transplant Recipients | Catalyst Medical Education
ACTIVITY OVERVIEW – Join us for a 1-hour CME symposium with live Q&A focused on the use of novel antivirals for refractory or...
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TransplantID.Net - American Society of Transplantation @transplantidnet.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Thanks @kottonnelson.bsky.social‬ and colleagues for the newest ‪@ttsorg.bsky.social‬ CMV guidelines transplantid.net/54GLW9W3
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Gavi @gavi.org · 18/05/2025
Leading virologists from 40 countries warn of critical gaps in pandemic preparedness and outline a plan for readying the world over the growing risk of an #H5N1 avian flu pandemic. bit.ly/44yy26w
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Prepare for a bird flu pandemic now, virologists urge
Leading virologists from 40 countries warn of critical gaps in pandemic preparedness and outline a plan for readying the world.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
The FDA on Friday quietly approved the Novavax Covid vaccine, but only for older adults and for others over age 12 who have at least one medical condition that puts them at high risk from Covid. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
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F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
@rrolfejr.bsky.social at our interesting GTEN poster about Transplant patients and travel medicine. More information about the immunocompromised host and travel - thanks for advancing the field! #CISTM19.
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Camille Nelson Kotton @kottonnelson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I love the rose garden on the waterfront in Seattle – stunning even in May.
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