Footnotes

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• Contributors SNG conceptualised the editorial with MSK. MSK and GNS wrote the editorial with TS providing critical input. GNS created the figure with critical feedback from MSK and TS. All authors contributed in drafting or revising the editorial and approved the final version to be published.

• 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.