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Is Hydroxychloroquine The Cure For Coronavirus? Global Scramble For Tablets Suggests so
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| 04/06/2020
Posted on 04/06/2020 7:35:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In the past 24 hours, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been making news again. US President Donald Trump has once again promoted the use of this drug as a cure for the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. The US has also reached out to India to lift the ban on hydroxychloroquine exports, which India had imposed on March 26. It is not just Trump and the US who want India to lift restrictions on exports of what is believed to be the miracle drug to cure Coronavirus. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, among other state leaders, is also believed to have reached out to the Indian authorities in an attempt to have the ban overturned.
In fact, the Government of India has already placed an order of 10 crore tablets with Ipca laboratories and Zydus Cadila.
What is Chloroquine? Chloroquine phosphate is a class of drugs called antimalarials and amebicides and is used to prevent and treat malaria, according to the US National Library of Medicine. They add that Chloroquine phosphate is used occasionally to decrease the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and to treat systemic and discoid lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, pemphigus, lichen planus, polymyositis, sarcoidosis, and porphyria cutanea tarda. Governments believe that hydroxychloroquine tablets can work as a prophylactic, a medicine that prevents disease, for the health workers working on the frontlines in hospitals and as first responders to possible Coronavirus infection cases.
But is it really the cure?
While all this is happening, there is still no scientific evidence that proves hydroxychloroquine is indeed the answer to the Coronavirus. It may very well be, but there is still no medical evidence to show that it indeed works. And without potentially dangerous side effects.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chloroquine; coronavirus; covid19; cure; hcq; hcqshortage; hydroxychloroquine; india
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To: SeekAndFind
Cure, no.
Damn good therapy choice for many, yes.
To: Ouchthatonehurt
Correct. Chloroquine is a prophylactic.
To: SeekAndFind
the Government of India has already placed an order of 10 crore tablets 10 crore = 100 million.
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:41:47 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
To: KarlInOhio
RE: 10 crore = 100 million.
So, a crore is ten million? That’s Indian Unit of measurement!
You learn something new everyday !!
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:46:37 AM PDT
by
SeekAndFind
(look at Michigan, it will)
To: SeekAndFind
It has been an FDA approved drug since 1955, widely used against malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. For these disingenuous moron hacks to fear-monger saying WE DONT KNOW IF IT HAS SIDE EFFECTS! Is the height of ignorance. The side effects are well known, documented, and minor/rare.
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:47:21 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: SeekAndFind
Mylan Pharma in Morgantown, WV is producing pills.
To: SeekAndFind
Wastout ands Travis Magee are deeply saddened...doomers are apoplectic.
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:48:15 AM PDT
by
pburgh01
(It's the FLU!)
Hydroxychloroquine search results, hey, they come out sorted:
- Hydroxychloroquine: The Light at the End of the Tunnel [04/06/2020 6:32:40 AM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine: Can India help Trump with 'game-changer' corona drug? (From BBC India) [04/06/2020 3:38:33 AM PDT]
- LA Doctor Seeing Success With Hydroxychloroquine to Treat COVID-19 (Emphasises Importance of Zinc) [04/06/2020 12:01:08 AM PDT]
- NY Gov. Cuomo pressured to reverse hydroxychloroquine restrictions for Coronavirus; Executive order limits drug to FDA-approved uses, clinical trials, hospitals [04/05/2020 7:59:50 PM PDT]
- New updates from Dr. Vladimir Zelenko: Cocktail of Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc Sulfate and Azithromycin are showing phenomenon results with 900 coronavirus patients treated - Video< [04/05/2020 4:18:27 PM PDT]
- Giuliani says doctors, not "national bureaucracy", should decide to use hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus [04/05/2020 2:38:50 PM PDT]
- NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo pressured to lift Hydroxychloroquine restrictions for Coronavirus [04/05/2020 2:11:42 PM PDT]
- VIDEO: CNN Remains Very NEGATIVE About Hydroxychloroquine Treatment [04/05/2020 10:31:51 AM PDT]
- Oregon veteran celebrates coronavirus recovery on 104th birthday thanks to Hydroxychloroquine [04/05/2020 10:00:10 AM PDT]
- [Media Crusade against HCQ] Trump says he 'may take' hydroxychloroquine, even though there's no evidence it's effective [04/05/2020 9:49:04 AM PDT]
- Pastor recovering from COVID-19 says 'I cried out to God' (Another Hydroxychloroquine anecdotal success story) [04/05/2020 7:39:49 AM PDT]
- Coronavirus: Trump requests India's PM Modi to supply Hydroxychloroquine tablets [04/05/2020 7:30:22 AM PDT]
- Results from a Controlled Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 (Good Results, when Treated Early) [04/05/2020 1:06:32 AM PDT]
- Covid-19 update: Requested PM Modi to release US order of hydroxychloroquine stockpile, says Trump [04/04/2020 11:57:55 PM PDT]
- Watters' World 4/4/20 FULL SHOW [Is the NYC Hydroxychloroquine trial a fake? FDA Commissioner Hahn says results will take "months"] [04/04/2020 10:35:19 PM PDT]
- Sean Hannity: Gov. Cuomo, stop denying New Yorkers hydroxychloroquine [04/04/2020 8:29:20 PM PDT]
- Coronavirus News: Manhattan Woman credits experimental drug hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 recovery (another anecdotal evidence) [04/04/2020 7:14:50 PM PDT]
- After NY Times Caves On Hydroxychloroquine, Twitter Hero Posts Screenshots From EVERYONE Who Mocked Trump For Promoting It [04/04/2020 5:42:27 PM PDT]
- Nevada Governor Found Hoarding Hydroxychloroquine After Banning Drug [04/04/2020 3:40:07 PM PDT]
- HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE + ZINC -- MECHANISM OF ACTION (Zev's Tx Regimen) [04/04/2020 6:43:27 AM PDT]
- Long Island doctor tries new twist on hydroxychloroquine for elderly COVID-19 patients [04/04/2020 5:56:32 AM PDT]
- Henry Ford Health System to conduct first large US study of hydroxychloroquine's ability to prevent COVID-19(eye roll) [04/04/2020 1:41:43 AM PDT]
- Trump-backed anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is the most effective coronavirus treatment currently available, finds international poll of 6,000 doctors [04/03/2020 3:30:23 PM PDT]
- Vanity: Petition to allow Americans to use Hydroxychloroquine to prevent Covid-19 [04/03/2020 3:10:51 PM PDT]
- After mocking Trump for promoting hydroxychloroquine, journalists acknowledge it might treat coronavirus [04/03/2020 1:51:23 PM PDT]
- India places an order for 100 million tablets of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine [04/03/2020 1:37:07 PM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine: Australian government waives regulatory requirements for drug [04/03/2020 1:25:33 PM PDT]
- University of Pennsylvania to Test Much-Discussed Coronavirus Treatment Drug Hydroxychloroquine [04/03/2020 11:51:26 AM PDT]
- Two Opposing French Studies: A small French trial finds that hydroxychloroquine is not effective for treating coronavirus [04/03/2020 11:40:54 AM PDT]
- Dr. Anthony Fauci warns Americans shouldn't assume hydroxychloroquine is a 'knockout drug' [04/03/2020 11:14:45 AM PDT]
- New York Times: Small Study Shows Hydroxychloroquine's Positive Impact on Coronavirus Patients [04/03/2020 7:02:05 AM PDT]
- Sanofi can produce millions of doses of potential coronavirus drug, hydroxychloroquine - CEO [04/02/2020 8:54:31 PM PDT]
- After mocking Trump for promoting hydroxychloroquine, journalists now acknowledge it might treat Coronavirus [04/02/2020 8:42:50 PM PDT]
- Gov. Whitmer says she sees 'great potential' with coronovirus drug hydroxychloroquine; Detroit is now leading nation's first large-scale study [04/02/2020 6:18:50 PM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine rated 'most effective therapy' by doctors for coronavirus: Global survey [04/02/2020 11:28:40 AM PDT]
- Duke to spearhead $50 million research effort to test hydroxychloroquine in preventing COVID-19 [04/02/2020 10:10:43 AM PDT]
- NY, NJ Doctors and Patients See Anecdotal Evidence of Hydroxychloroquine Benefits [04/02/2020 6:58:42 AM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine keeps people alive at the Smith Center ( Infectious Disease Clinic) [04/02/2020 12:33:37 AM PDT]
- coronavirus: Can hydroxychloroquine help with COVID-19 illness? Vero Beach patient says so [04/01/2020 10:07:16 PM PDT]
- 'Hydroxychloroquine is a game changer and the beginning of the end coronavirus pandemic,' Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Stephen Smith says [04/01/2020 9:15:57 PM PDT]
- Michigan Democrat Governor Asks Feds for Hydroxychloroquine to Treat Coronavirus, Four Days After Banning Use... [04/01/2020 3:53:11 PM PDT]
- Oregon Board of Pharmacy issues Emergency Order Prohibiting Use of Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 [04/01/2020 1:09:57 PM PDT]
- FDA Says There Is A 'Significant Shortage' Of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine Due To Significant 'Surge In Demand' [04/01/2020 11:57:18 AM PDT]
- Chinese Study: Efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19: results of a randomized clinical trial [04/01/2020 11:52:42 AM PDT]
- The USA is still not using Hydroxychloroquine (Vanity) [04/01/2020 8:44:52 AM PDT]
- Another Hydroxychloroquine Trial Still Leaves Questions on Its Use Against Covid-19 [04/01/2020 7:35:37 AM PDT]
- COVID-19-IHU (Hydroxychloroquine & Azythromycin Update from France) [04/01/2020 5:51:04 AM PDT]
- Henry Ford uses hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 symptoms, says benefits outweigh risks (Michigan) [03/31/2020 7:23:29 PM PDT]
- Democrat Clownshow: Sisolak, Whitmer Reverse Course on Hydroxychloroquine [03/31/2020 2:42:20 PM PDT]
- Gov. Whitmer reverses course on coronavirus drugs, is now asking feds for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine [03/31/2020 1:55:22 PM PDT]
- Can hydroxychloroquine help prevent COVID-19? Study aims to find answers [03/31/2020 10:47:54 AM PDT]
- BREAKING: Tolicizumab (Actemra) shown to be more effective than hydroxychloroquine in treating coronavirus patients, Italian doctors say [03/30/2020 10:53:40 PM PDT]
- Macomb man with COVID-19 says Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin saved him (Michigan) [03/30/2020 9:15:04 PM PDT]
- New York and Washington Study will test if hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19: Researchers hope to have the results by summer. [03/30/2020 6:14:11 PM PDT]
- Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan Governor, Hydroxychloroquine Crackdown Sparks Backlash [03/30/2020 4:27:22 PM PDT]
- Malaria medicine 'Hydroxychloroquine' being administered to 1,100 COVID19 patients in New York: US President Donald Trump [03/30/2020 2:50:35 PM PDT]
- Nevada Governor Sisolak's Chief Medical Officer Who Banned Hydroxychloroquine for Treating Coronavirus DOES NOT Have License to Practice Medicine [03/30/2020 1:57:02 PM PDT]
- An Update on the Coronavirus Treatment (Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin continue to show results for patients.) [03/30/2020 11:03:41 AM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine + HIV drug + Antibiotic = Release from the hospital in five days (Vanity) [03/30/2020 10:20:15 AM PDT]
- New Jersey doctor gives update on use of hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir on coronavirus patients [03/30/2020 9:49:20 AM PDT]
- FDA Gives 'Emergency Authorization of Hydroxychloroquine Use'......... [03/30/2020 8:24:22 AM PDT]
- COVID-19-IHU (Hydroxychloroquine & Azythromycin Update from France) [03/30/2020 8:18:54 AM PDT]
- FDA grants US physicians emergency authorization to prescribe hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 based on initial successes in Europe. [03/30/2020 7:09:34 AM PDT]
- FDA Approves Hydroxychloroquine: Democrats, Media Hardest Hit [03/30/2020 4:32:27 AM PDT]
- FDA SAYS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AND CHLOROQUINE CAN BE USED TO TREAT CORONAVIRUS [03/30/2020 1:42:42 AM PDT]
- Novartis CEO says Malaria drug is biggest hope against coronavirus (Hydroxychloroquine) [03/29/2020 8:43:07 PM PDT]
- Italy Finally Starts Mass Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine [03/29/2020 8:22:26 PM PDT]
- Kaiser Permanente Temporarily Stops Filling Prescriptions for Hydroxychloroquine Due to Coronavirus to preserve drug for "severely sick patients," [03/29/2020 5:50:07 PM PDT]
- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hit for hydroxychloroquine crackdown as debate escalates [03/29/2020 5:36:01 PM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine: Help Is On the Way! [03/29/2020 5:01:20 PM PDT]
- 'I Couldn't Even Move': Orange County Woman On Coronavirus Diagnosis (saved by Hydroxychloroquine) [03/29/2020 11:29:38 AM PDT]
- What if hydroxychloroquine doesn't work? What if it does? Right now, we don't know [03/29/2020 10:58:40 AM PDT]
- EXCELLENT NEWS: Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Effective on 699 Patients [03/29/2020 6:46:21 AM PDT]
- Michigan Man with Coronavirus Has Near-Death Experience - Is Saved by Hydroxychloroquine Treatment... Then UNLOADS on Liberal Gov. for Denying Life-Saving Drug to the Sick< [03/29/2020 6:43:53 AM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Effective on 699 Patients [03/28/2020 7:49:55 PM PDT]
- Italy and France are now prescribing hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine as treatments for coronavirus patients [03/28/2020 5:10:11 PM PDT]
- DeSantis: Shipments of drug hydroxychloroquine to help COVID-19 on way to Florida [03/28/2020 4:33:50 PM PDT]
- Michigan governor threatens doctors who prescribe hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 [03/28/2020 9:58:42 AM PDT]
- Doctor at Oregon Veterans' Home Using Hydroxychloroquine to Treat Covid-19 Patients [03/28/2020 9:55:31 AM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine-Azithromycin Treatment for COVID-19 Shown to be Effective in an 80-Patient Study [03/28/2020 9:21:58 AM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine: Poll rheumatologists to see if their customers are getting sick. [03/28/2020 8:02:13 AM PDT]
- Second French Study Confirms Hydroxychloroquine Effective [03/28/2020 6:31:55 AM PDT]
- Coronavirus: Laurus Labs to supply Hydroxychloroquine for clinical trials in the US [03/27/2020 10:56:22 PM PDT]
- Coronavirus: Controversial malaria drug hydroxychloroquine tested at B.C. seniors' home [03/27/2020 8:30:43 PM PDT]
- Coronavirus: Health Ministry Declares Hydroxychloroquine A Schedule H1 Drug; Here's What It Means (India declares it "essential" for treatment for CORVID-19) [03/27/2020 7:41:50 AM PDT]
- Some Drugs Getting Closer Look As Potential Coronavirus Treatment (Hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir, Plasma therapy) [03/26/2020 5:31:30 PM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine : Doctors are prescribing drug that may help treat coronavirus for family and friends: "Unethical and selfish" [03/26/2020 7:56:38 AM PDT]
- Tucker Carlson blasts Trump critics as 'reactive children' for dismissing hydroxychloroquine [03/26/2020 7:45:12 AM PDT]
- Scott Adams blows up The System. Shows The Peasants How To Get The Hydroxychloroquine/Z-Pak Regimen If They Need It. Lots Of The F-Word. [03/25/2020 9:23:43 AM PDT]
- Coronavirus India: India bans export of wonder drug - Hydroxychloroquine [03/25/2020 6:45:49 AM PDT]
- Mike Pence: FDA approving 'off-label' use for hydroxychloroquine to help coronavirus patients [03/24/2020 12:45:49 PM PDT]
- Hydroxychloroquine, a less toxic derivative [03/24/2020 12:35:18 AM PDT]
- Actor of TV Series 'Lost' and 'Hawaii-Five-O' Who Contracted Coronavirus Believes Hydroxychloroquine Was 'Crucial' To His Recovery [03/23/2020 8:12:10 PM PDT]
- Top Doctors Join Pennacchio's Call to Use Hydroxychloroquine to Combat Spread of COVID-19 [03/23/2020 10:44:15 AM PDT]
- This Coronavirus Patient Dodged A Bullet With Hydroxychloroquine. Is She A Harbinger Or Outlier? [03/23/2020 8:40:06 AM PDT]
- Can Hydroxychloroquine be Used to Treat Coronavirus? [03/22/2020 8:33:54 PM PDT]
- FDA Must Approve Hydroxychloroquine Now [03/22/2020 7:01:59 PM PDT]
- Morgantown, West Virginia Mylan Plant to Restart Production of Anti-Malaria Drug Hydroxychloroquine for Coronavirus Treatment [03/22/2020 3:11:18 PM PDT]
- Evidence for Hydroxychloroquine Is Clinical Trial - Not Anecdotal [03/22/2020 1:19:20 PM PDT]
- FDA Must Approve Hydroxychloroquine Now [03/22/2020 8:28:02 AM PDT]
- COVID-19: Could Hydroxychloroquine Really Be the Answer? [03/21/2020 9:30:24 AM PDT]
- New Trump Tweet regarding hydroxychloroquine [03/21/2020 7:35:59 AM PDT]
- NY Doctor says his hospital already using HydroxyChloroquine for coronavirus patients and have had ZERO deaths [03/20/2020 8:53:25 AM PDT]
- Teva to Donate Potential COVID-19 Treatment, Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate Tablets to Hospitals Nationwide [03/19/2020 6:23:16 PM PDT]
- Mylan Ramps Up Production of Hydroxychloroquine as a Potential COVID-19 Treatment [03/19/2020 6:21:19 PM PDT]
- Old malaria drug hydroxychloroquine may help cure coronavirus: study [03/19/2020 12:21:30 PM PDT]
- Old malaria drug hydroxychloroquine may help cure coronavirus [03/19/2020 9:08:42 AM PDT]
- An Open Data Clinical Trial for COVID-19 Prevention ( hydroxychloroquine) [03/19/2020 5:23:38 AM PDT]
- In Vitro Antiviral Activity and Projection of Optimized Dosing Design of Hydroxychloroquine for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). [03/18/2020 3:44:20 AM PDT]
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:48:21 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: FreedomPoster
RE: For these disingenuous moron hacks to fear-monger saying WE DONT KNOW IF IT HAS SIDE EFFECTS! Is the height of ignorance
Maybe they mean side effects at the amount needed to be given to Covid-19 patients.
ANY drug, taken at certain dosages WILL have side effects.
Also, there was some concern with people who have heart Arrythmias.
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:50:36 AM PDT
by
SeekAndFind
(look at Michigan, it will)
To: SeekAndFind
“there is still no medical evidence to show that it indeed works.”
They keep conflating “evidence” with “proof”. Evidence is grounds for proof, and undeniably there is a lot of that, “anecdotal” or not. Grounds for proof is not yet proof, but it justifies optimism and guides decision making.
On the other hand, when it comes to something to ruin the reputation of some conservative, “accusation” is conflated with “evidence”. Putting it all together, when it gives them an advantage, Leftists will say an accusation is equivalent to proof. “I believe her”.
To: SeekAndFind
re: “Is Hydroxychloroquine The Cure For Coronavirus? “
Read the reports ... they are convincing. BUT treatment ought to begin soon enough BEFORE a lot of lung tissue is ‘torn up’ and dead ...
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:52:02 AM PDT
by
_Jim
(Save babies)
To: FreedomPoster
It has been an FDA approved drug since 1955 2,709,918 Americans served in Vietnam
They all were given this anti malarial during their tours. Side effects must have been extremely mild to non existent since there never has been issue with the drug in that 10 year period.
To: SeekAndFind
Since the President has been touting the drug, how long before the MSM starts frantically reporting on people dying from taking it, with PDJT being culpable?
Oh...wait...there was that fish tank in AZ, wasnt there?
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posted on
04/06/2020 7:53:29 AM PDT
by
daler
It’s MSM, so expect to read that it’s not “proven” a thousand and one times.
Never mind the widespread anecdotal reports of providers on the front lines. I’ll take the information from by front line officers, not some ivory tower prick wanting to push crap into months long trials and limit access.
It’s infuriating actually.
To: redcatcherb412
So did John Kerry take it? I think he might have been in Vietnam. Maybe.
To: SeekAndFind
You can get a crore into a restroom in Mumbai. They ae building a second to handle the overflow.
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posted on
04/06/2020 8:00:34 AM PDT
by
Kozy
(new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
To: SeekAndFind
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are two different drugs, similar in chemical structure, but different molecules. Chloroquine is older tech and has more side effects. Hydroxychloroquine was synthesized to be a safer replacement for chloroquine.
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posted on
04/06/2020 8:03:06 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
To: FreedomPoster
It has been an FDA approved drug since 1955, widely used against malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis. Correct.
For these disingenuous moron hacks to fear-monger saying WE DONT KNOW IF IT HAS SIDE EFFECTS! Is the height of ignorance. The side effects are well known, documented, and minor/rare.
I can personally attest to all that, haven taken literally hundreds of doses of Chloroquine to deal with malaria back when I was in Africa. I don't see what the fuss is about.
To: Gahanna Bob
Is this a new product or have they been producing there prior to virus?
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