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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the form information<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lisa Waskin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia Pro Cond",serif">Lisa Waskin, District Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia Pro Cond",serif">Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia Pro Cond",serif">Ph. (906) 632-9331<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Nicole Kessler via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 4, 2024 1:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mary Gallup <director@clinton.lib.mi.us>; Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] COVID and Respiratory Illnesses increasing in MI<o:p></o:p></p>
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Lincoln Park Public Library<br>
313-381-3233<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"Michlib-l" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>To: </b>"Clare Membiela, MDE" <<a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov">MembielaC@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Rachel Smith (Roseville Public Library)" <<a href="mailto:rsmith@roseville-mi.gov">rsmith@roseville-mi.gov</a>>, "Michlib-l" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, January 4, 2024 1:43:28 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Michlib-l] COVID and Respiratory Illnesses increasing in MI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 1:40 PM Membiela, Clare (MDE) via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks Rachel!
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black">😊</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Clare</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">“</span><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black">If
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black">there</span></i><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black"> is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation,it is that no
official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion</span></i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black">…</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:black">.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Fairwater Script";color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">West Va. Bd. Of Ed. V. Barnette, 319 U.S., at 642</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E568D">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Michigan School Meals program allows for all public school students, grades Pre-K to 12, to eat breakfast
and lunch for free. Learn <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.michigan.gov_mde_services_food_michigan-2Dschool-2Dmeals&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=CccU1jf1JZ0oSlCgfQ5dva6ZQ3mx6sGY8tXNeGxt4zA&m=ifgXvVzBzIOjpQAApDt1FKK0-fvMkr98uWvSbcnmA5wS7ybOvV2tTCDnKG0gjA09&s=XfUgLognbsWF2N21EBNyAiiE1lg_gVFrVKEeZpbpuFI&e=" target="_blank">
more</a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Rachel Smith
(Roseville Public Library) <<a href="mailto:rsmith@roseville-mi.gov" target="_blank">rsmith@roseville-mi.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 4, 2024 1:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>; Membiela, Clare (MDE) <<a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov" target="_blank">MembielaC@michigan.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: COVID and Respiratory Illnesses increasing in MI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In terms of COVID levels and risk assessment, the<b> CDC's Wastewater Surveillance Monitoring</b> website
(link further down) will give you a more accurate look at COVID levels in the Nation, Region, & State. The
<b>CDC Respirator Illnesses</b> page that Clare just shared uses hospital admissions as its metric for COVID levels, whereas Wastewater Surveillance is actively testing all wastewater that comes through the treatment sites. It is a more accurate look at all
currently active COVID cases (even if they don't show symptoms, haven't tested themselves for COVID, or have not gone to the hospital for symptoms - remember that asymptomatic cases account for almost half of all infections).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Very High</b> (also keeping in mind we do not have post-holiday numbers yet). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="m5891977711778067197xelementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The CDC recently updated and re-released
Wastewater Tracking Data for COVID-19 cases. This is considered the most effective way to trace levels of COVID within communities, as it is not dependent on people having access to and taking PCR tests and it can detect asymptomatic & pre-symptomatic COVID
cases.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wastewater data can provide: </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A community-level perspective on what diseases are circulating locally</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;margin-bottom:0.4rem">
<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An early warning that levels of infections are increasing or decreasing in a community</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;margin-bottom:0.4rem">
<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An efficient, easy approach that doesn’t require visiting a doctor or getting tested for an infectious disease</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Data for communities where patients aren’t always able to get tested for infectious diseases.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="background:white;margin-bottom:1rem"><span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">State and local health officials track a variety of data and put this information together
to understand the local situation and decide how to best respond to prevent disease spread. Public health officials watch for sustained increasing levels of specific viruses or bacteria in wastewater and use these data to alert clinicians, hospitals, and the
community so that they can quickly take appropriate action to safeguard people’s health.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m5891977711778067197xelementtoproof1" style="background:white"><span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) collects,
analyses, and shares data on multiple viruses and bacteria in wastewater, including SARS-CoV-2 and mpox. NWSS updates the data weekly and makes data available on wastewater data dashboards.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This data can allow people to make the most informed decisions about infection risks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">About the Wastewater Viral Activity Level: </span></b></span><span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
Wastewater Viral Activity Level is a calculated measure that allows us to aggregate wastewater sample data to get state/territorial, regional, and national levels and see trends over time. <b>Most simply, the value associated with the Wastewater Viral Activity
Level is the number of standard deviations above the baseline, transformed to the linear scale.</b> The current Wastewater Viral Activity Level for each state and territory is categorized into minimal, low, moderate, high, or very high as follows: a Wastewater
Viral Activity Level less than 1.5 is categorized as minimal, greater than 1.5 and up to 3 is low, greater than 3 and up to 4.5 is moderate, greater than 4.5 and up to 8 is high, and greater than 8 is very high.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Easy Reference:</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C882A"><1.5 - Minimal</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0F5C1A">1.5-3 - Low</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#DCBE22">3-4.5 - Moderate</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C82613">4.5-8 - High</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#570606">>8 - Very High</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nationwide, we are currently at <b>11 - Very High</b>. Which is the highest it has been since January 2023.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cdc.gov_nwss_rv_COVID19-2Dnationaltrend.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=CccU1jf1JZ0oSlCgfQ5dva6ZQ3mx6sGY8tXNeGxt4zA&m=ifgXvVzBzIOjpQAApDt1FKK0-fvMkr98uWvSbcnmA5wS7ybOvV2tTCDnKG0gjA09&s=DxKBwE5-gXNXFrbQHklFJ7DI-8vY0Zx_PAB0qs9Bubg&e=" target="_blank">https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-nationaltrend.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="m5891977711778067197contentpasted2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In Michigan, we are currently at <b>12 - Very High</b>. Which is the highest it has been since almost exactly a year ago, December 2022.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Michigan in the dropdown menu)</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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COVID tracking site, which pulls from CDC's wastewater data and a few other sources: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__iowacovid19tracker.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=CccU1jf1JZ0oSlCgfQ5dva6ZQ3mx6sGY8tXNeGxt4zA&m=ifgXvVzBzIOjpQAApDt1FKK0-fvMkr98uWvSbcnmA5wS7ybOvV2tTCDnKG0gjA09&s=EnZGvbZbhMhvekICYwjoNk1Q7QWSfe69qcXvCXs1x6M&e=" target="_blank">https://iowacovid19tracker.org/</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The current predictions are that nationwide, we will hit 2 million daily cases by next week (Jan 7-13,
2024), for a total of about 100 million COVID cases (or 1 in every 3 people will be infected) throughout this wave. We have not seen this level of widespread infection since the first Omicron wave.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] COVID and Respiratory Illnesses increasing in MI <o:p>
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<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Just a reminder that Respiratory illnesses are on the rise, including COVID, FLU and RSV.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Many counties in MI are now at moderate levels of infection from one or more of these viruses.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Libraries are encouraged to review their county’s status and other resources available for identifying and mitigating these illnesses at
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https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/index.html</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Take care and be well!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Clare</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Library Law Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The research and resources above are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact
your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">“</span><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black">If
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black">there</span></i><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black"> is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation,it is that no
official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion</span></i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";color:black">…</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:black">.”</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Fairwater Script";color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">West Va. Bd. Of Ed. V. Barnette, 319 U.S., at 642</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E568D">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="m5891977711778067197xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Michigan School Meals program allows for all public school students, grades Pre-K to 12, to eat breakfast and lunch for free. Learn
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