Footnotes

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• Contributors BES and HR discussed the idea. BES drafted the editorial. HR, BV and CL provided feedback. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests None declared.

• Patient consent for publication Not required.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.