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<p class="MsoNormal">The Alliance is compiling a list of collections-related COVID issues, and I hope you can help me add the issues relevant to natural history specimens. Has anyone been discussing the current or future impact of COVID on shipment and intake
of specimens? E.g., bans on shipment of some specimens (based on taxa, locality) as we learn more about what species can be vectors for coronavirus; recommendations for quarantine or treatment of some incoming specimens; need for research to inform these
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for any information you can provide.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth Merritt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vice President, Strategic Foresight and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">American Alliance of Museums<o:p></o:p></p>
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