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Sam Horwich-Scholefield

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Niche antimicrobial resistance content, but for the masses

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Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 24/11/2025
It's a myth, Charlie Brown. You CAN put hot food in the refrigerator. Divide large amounts into smaller portions and get them in within 2 hours. Bacteria can grow rapidly on food left out at room temp for +2 hours. More food safety myths at doh.wa.gov/you-and-your...
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Food Safety Myths
Myth: The last meal I ate is what caused my foodborne illness (food poisoning).
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Been laying low on bluesky for a couple of months now, but I'm happy to announce a new data dashboard from @capublichealth.bsky.social. The C. auris & Carbapenemase-producing Organism (CPO) dashboard is up and running! Please share with anyone who might be interested www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHC...
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California Department of Public Health
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Let’s Talk Micro @letstalkmicro.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
New episode alert! @sundermannaj.bsky.social #microbiology
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Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Makary and Prasad have a sounding board piece written in NEJM about the future of COVID-19 vaccine regulation at the FDA. Some thoughts:
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An Evidence-Based Approach to Covid-19 Vaccination | NEJM
This article from the FDA compares broad U.S. recommendations on Covid vaccination with those from other countries and announces the adoption of an evidence-based approach to such recommendations.
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Len Courland @infectiousjk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
CDC NHSN training videos and case studies are missing. “Removed by the uploader.” Trump administration EOs are a menace to daily functioning.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Here’s how our medical establishment has discussed boosters for years. This was made after an RCT of booster dose 1, which showed the vaccine worked, and right before the omicron wave. Behold the seriousness, thoughtfulness, and maturity. youtu.be/LB2VRT3H-Co
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Makary, Prasad, and Zdogg behave like children and mock people who wanted a valuable booster 12/2021
YouTube video by Jonathan Howard
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 06/05/2025
📅 #TidyTuesday Week 18: National Science Foundation Grant Terminations under the Trump Administration 📊 Treemap shows the distribution by NSF directorate and division 🔗 Code: bit.ly/3YwiDQg 🛠️ First time making a treemap - open to any suggestions on improving the look or clarity! #RStats #DataViz
#TidyTuesday Week 18: National Science Foundation Grant Terminations under the Trump Administration
Treemap shows the distribution by NSF directorate and division
Code: https://bit.ly/3YwiDQg
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This Podcast Will Kill You @tpwky.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Part 2 of raw milk! Today we get into the alleged health claims we've all seen circulating our social media feeds and contrast the (lack of) data to support these claims with the very real data on the risks of raw milk. If you've been searching for a deep dive, oh wow, you are going to love this.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Real-time sequencing a promising tool for hospital outbreak detection, study finds Researchers at a Pittsburgh hospital found prospective whole-genome sequencing enabled rapid identification and control of outbreaks. www.cidrap.umn.edu/h...
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Donald Trump, famously a critic of conspicuous consumption www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/u...
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Trump, on Tariffs, Says ‘Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30’
At the end of a cabinet meeting, the president allowed for the possibility that trade war could disrupt supply chains.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Uganda stopped a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak in under 3 months. No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial. Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it. open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
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Africa’s Outbreak Response Is the Global Standard Now
From outbreak containment to clinical innovation, African nations are setting new global standards for success
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Governor Gavin Newsom arbitrarily demanded remote-centered state workers commmute to the office 4 days a week, adding tens of thousands of cars to California freeways
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
every shot a masterpiece
Jimmy Butler (front 3/4 view) talking to Dillon Brooks (back 3/4 view), mouth open with Brooks looking at JimmyJimmy Butler (profile) looking at Dillon Brooks (front), Brooks has head back and mouth open laughingJimmy with his hand up and thumb pointing at Dillon Brooks looking at referee Bill Kennedy who is in front of him while Brooks to the side is laughing at looking at JimmyJimmy Butler bent at the waist with hands on knees with his head tilted slightly toward Dillon Brooks who is leaning over talking to him in profile
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Alex Sundermann, DrPH @sundermannaj.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Made it to #SHEASpring 2025 - first talk hearing from @jlsalinas.bsky.social on climate change & HAI! #IDSky
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Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Kawhi: “Take those gatorades down… kids don’t need to be drinking that”
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
As someone who works at the fringes of genomic epi (trying to level up!), I love this graphic
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Rossana Rosa @drrossanarosa.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Fabulous speaker lineup for the 2025 Scientific Meeting on Candida auris organized by the University of Miami Division of ID! Covering basic science, epi, infection prevention and clinical management. Register and join! 🍄 #IDSky med.miami.edu/departments/...
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Over/under 90 days until Loren Taylor helps launch a recall
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
For excellent disease outbreak coverage and analysis, you should be following Mike Coston, @fla-medic.bsky.social.
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Oakland now has a run of four consecutive female mayors, three of whom were women of color. Congratulations Mayor Lee!
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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Measles outbreak now at 800, but this outbreak is just getting started --> CDC: vax rate among kindergarteners is now below the 95% coverage target—much lower in some communities—and is decreasing --> Map of vax coverage (orange is where vax rate is under the target 95%)
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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
#SomeGoodNews: A new report examined the rollout of the #RSV vaccine among older adults in England in the fall of 2024, finding a significant drop in hospitalizations for those eligible for the new vaccine. Read more here: jenndowd.substack.com/p/some-good-... #Publichealth #episky #medsky
Observed, modelled, and predicted RSV-associated hospital admission rates by age, showing drop for ages 75-79.
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Law Murray 📘 @lawmurraythenu.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
WE ARE BACK
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California Department of Public Health @capublichealth.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I haven’t told anyone that I work in public health...but there are signs. Happy National Public Health Week to all of the unsung heroes keeping our communities safe and healthy! 📲 For more tips, visit cdph.ca.gov. #NPHW
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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Some interesting epidemiology here. The CDC estimates that Indiana's 1-dose MMR rate for 19-35 month old kids is 90.8%. This is based on a series of randomly-dialled telephone questionnaires. These are high-quality surveys, but are they correct. Well...
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Alexander Tin @alexander-a-tin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The CDC's cruise ship inspectors have been laid off, as well as agency's head epidemiologist for investigating cruise ship outbreaks That baffled health officials since this program is paid for by cruise ship fees, not taxpayer dollars www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...
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CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks
The steep cuts to the cruise ship inspection team baffled officials in the program, which is not paid for by taxpayer dollars.
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Pearl Freier @pearlf.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
CNN story on lead poisoning & HHS/CDC's inability to act: Wisconsin asked the CDC for help with lead poisoning cases in Milwaukee but CDC had to cancel because HHS Secretary laid off all the CDC lead poisoning experts! Screenshot below of Ex CDC Director Tom Frieden's '09-'17 comments today #medsky
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
One of my least favorite things about social media is the way it encourages flat-out meanness, even for people who are not mean by nature. People lose all sense of proportional response. It's war, all the time. To be constantly dehumanizing one other can't be healthy.
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Contagion® @contagionlive.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Exposure to agricultural fungicide tebuconazole causes genetic changes in Candida tropicalis, leading to haploid cells & resistance to agricultural & clinical azoles. Findings show a link between fungicide use & antifungal resistance. #IDsky #MEDsky Learn more: www.contagionlive.com/view/environ...
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Environmental Fungicides Drive Genetic Shifts in Candida tropicalis, Promoting Azole Resistance
Study uncovers the role of ploidy plasticity in fungal adaptation to fungicides, highlighting risks for human health and agricultural systems.
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I know a lot of people aren't ready to hear this, but we aren't in this mess b/c of WaPo headline writers or placement of stories too far down the NYT homepsge. The people we need to persuade aren't subscribers in the first place!
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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
New measles death in TX - a child. C/w last week: CURRENT CASE COUNT: 569 Texas: 481 (+59) New Mexico: 54 (+6) Oklahoma: 10 Kansas: 24 (+1) HOSPITALIZATIONS: 58 (+14) Texas: 56 (+14) have been hospitalized, 11.6%. New Mexico: 2 (No change). This is 4.5% of NM cases. DEATHS: 3 (+1)
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hope4ourfuture.bsky.social @hope4ourfuture.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com A six pack of protests across the country! HUGE turnouts all across the country! YES!
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Huge crowd for #handsoff protest in Oakland! Really something to see, great energy all around
Thousands in Oaklands Frank Ogawa plaza for anti Trump protest
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
In 1392 Richard II eliminated tariffs on eel imports, & asked foreign merchants to bring eels "from over sea, where they are abundant, to London where they are dear." He knew that higher tariffs meant getting less of what you want. Oh, the lessons that eel history can teach us... 🗃️🧪
Meme. Painting of a medieval scribe writing at a desk. Or scribing, I guess. He has a super-fancy desk with two levels: the upper one, on a swivel, is a book rest for the manuscript he's copying. The lower one is the one he's working at, & it has little holders for ink, pens, etc. He's wearing a peach-colored robe that is probably ink-stained. He is sitting in a big chair, and has book stewn all around. There is a open chest behind him full of books and papers. He's clearly either super-busy, or super-messy.

There is a large fireplace across the room from him, but the fire has gone out. He cannot easily roast marshmallows.

Behind him is something that is *probably* a blue curtain, but that also looks like a very large person, dressed in blue, with their fat hands clasped in front of them. This is, I believe, his evil fairy guardian, sent to ensure that he is using ALL the worst scribal practices.

"What about Merovingian chancery?" it suggests slyly.

Meme text reads:
"Dear eels..."
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
SCOOP: Alongside extensive reductions to the staff, the Trump administration has asked CDC to cut $2.9 billion of its spending on contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/h...
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Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C. (Gift Article)
In addition to reductions in agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding $2.9 billion in contract cancellations.
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This was a very nasty, highly drug resistant Pseudomonas, causing infections all over the US. Without coordination from between states with CDC and FDA, no chance this outbreak would have been stopped as quickly as it was
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Maybe, it turns out that we are more on this planet than we thought (?). Humans living in rural areas of the world mighe be systematically underestimated. 🧪🌐🌎⛰️ H/t: @dgbassani.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Global gridded population datasets systematically underrepresent rural population - Nature Communications
This research reveals that widely used global population data heavily underestimate rural population. If not carefully considered, these errors in the data can cause inequitable access to resources an...
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Cory Booker should be considered the early front runner for Democratic nominee in 2028
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect. Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
How I will remember April Fools' Day 2025. Reckless. My heart is out for these dedicated folks at NIH, FDA and CDC www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...
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HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of HHS and its subsidiary agencies, with as many 10,000 workers potentially expected to be hit by the cuts.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
Screenshot of the headline of an article from WWNO Public radio on Feb 14, 2025. It says Louisiana Department of Health officially ends all vaccine promotion, events
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Becky D @bexrousse.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
#EpiSky #Maine "His team of about 50 people was responsible for collecting data and tracking infectious diseases in Maine."
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'This is going to further put us behind': Fired Maine CDC workers concerned about impacts
Dozens of Mainers are out of a job Friday after massive federal cuts from HHS led to the cancellation of $91 million in grant funding for Maine.
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 23/12/2024
Have you ever wondered: Which antibiotics are most common? How much is used in livestock? How do antibiotics even work? Which countries monitor antibiotic resistance? We have a new page on Our World in Data with data on all of these & more! Check it out: ourworldindata.org/antibiotics
Screenshot of new topic page on antibiotics and antibiotic usage on Our World in Data:

"Antibiotics are one of the most important medical breakthroughs of the 20th century.1

They have revolutionized healthcare by making it possible to effectively treat bacterial infections. Before antibiotics, even minor infections could be life-threatening, and medical procedures and surgeries were much riskier due to the high chance of infection. As a consequence, antibiotics have saved countless lives.

But antibiotic resistance challenges their effectiveness. The overuse and misuse of antibiotics have hastened this growing global threat that makes it harder and more costly to treat infections."Map of 'share of children with symptoms of a respiratory infection who received antibiotics', showing data from countries surveyed by DHS/UN MICS, presented in a study by Browne AJ et al. (2021)Bar chart showing 'global deaths from infectious disease syndromes, broken down by antimicrobial resistance'Bar chart titled 'Livestock animals use very different amounts of antibiotics'
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Alex Sundermann, DrPH @sundermannaj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
🤦There’s a 2023 US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that explicitly warns about the dangers of boom-and-bust public health funding It doesn’t say “cut COVID funding” It literally warns us of the negative effects the "bust" has Well… here we are. Again. 📄: www.gao.gov/products/gao...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/03/2025
Breaking News: Utah became the first state to ban the addition of fluoride to drinking water, a move medical experts say could harm oral health. nyti.ms/442KESV
A silver water fountain. Text reads: "Utah Becomes First State To Ban Fluoride in Public Drinking Water." Photo credit: Caitlin O'Hara for The New York Times
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Alex Sundermann, DrPH @sundermannaj.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Imagine telling researchers on the frontlines of cancer, infection, or rare disease that their work is now considered ‘entitlement’ 🤷🏼‍♂️ These aren’t handouts - they’re investments in health, innovation, and lives This chart should alarm every single one of us 📉
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Sam Horwich-Scholefield @samhorwich.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Happy opening day! For the first time in 50+ years, Oakland officially has no team to root for. Its with a heavy heart that I place a CURSE on the Sacramento/Las Vegas Athletics, who from this day forward shall NOT make the post season for a period of 10 years. Plus their new hat is just stupid
Stupid new As hat
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@doublewhammied @doublewhammied.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"W/o access 2 accurate & timely data, scientists’ work will become more difficult & we'll understand less abt the 🌎 Docs & #publichealth practitioners will need 2 make the same challngng decisions, but w/less info. Public health experts will have more trble IDing trends in #disease ..." #IDSky 1/2
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Disappearing Data at the U.S. Federal Government | NEJM
Starting in January 2025, various government health datasets were removed, restored, manipulated, or not posted as planned. The consequences of these changes could be far-reaching.
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