Footnotes

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• Collaborators A Beutler, S Marshall, D Herman, K Nagle, C La Bella, A Tenforde.

• Contributors NJ, SAK and JC all made substantial contributions to the conception of this editorial with all editing and revisions and gave final approval of the version to be published. The authors are to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

• 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.