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MF59 and AS03 are preparations of squalene (“SKWAH-leen”) that intensify variants of this product respectively developed by Novartis and GSK. COVID-19 removed the need for this product to address both the Yamagata (10[1])and Victoria lineages. Deployment (10[1])of an early iteration (10[1])of this product coincided with a fourfold increase in (10[1])Guillain–Barré (“ghee-LAN bah-RAY”) syndrome. (10[3])Individuals with albumin allergies (10[1])can use this product even though it is primarily (-5[1])produced (-5[1])in the allantoic cavity of fertilized chicken eggs. (10[3])This product (10[1])does not need a cold chain because it is the most prevalent product in the US to use thimerosal. (10[1]-5[2])This (-5[1])product (10[1])is either trivalent or tetravalent to account for antigenic shift. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this product made available every winter (10[3])to address endemic strains (10[1])of H3N2 and H1N1. ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: seasonal flu shot [or influenza vaccine; or flu vaccines; accept vaccines against swine flu or avian flu; accept vaccines against H1N1 or H3N2 until “H3N2” is read; prompt on vaccines or shots] (Influenza B/Yamagata went extinct after 2020 quarantining.)
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y24100%0%25%84.13

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AColumbia A3010
Matthew SiffYale ABrown3410
Albert ZhangColumbia BVirginia3810
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina BBerkeley B4710
Liam StarnesChicago CCornell B4910
William HoustonChicago DHarvard4910
Charles HangWUSTL AWaterloo4910
Andrew WangIllinoisIowa State5310
Graham CopeFloridaClaremont Colleges62-5
Halle FriedmanNYUNorthwestern63-5
Alex AkridgeIndianaCornell A7110
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia TechMaryland7110
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BOttawa7110
Todd MaslykMichiganJohns Hopkins7310
Raymond ChenToronto ABerkeley A92-5
Lexi TermanRutgersToronto B92-5
Lydia TarekegnYale BArizona State9210
Shardul RaoMinnesota AChicago A93-5
Allan LeeStanfordChicago B9410
Vishal KanigicherlaPennDuke104-5
Cory SmithKentuckyMcGill11410
Ryan HumphreyTexasPurdue11410
Fred GarveyTruman StateSouth Carolina11410
Yashodev VyasMinnesota BVanderbilt11810
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AToronto A12310
Akshay SeetharamClaremont CollegesFlorida12310
Adam FineChicago AMinnesota A12310
Chris SimsNorthwesternNYU12310
Aditya SharmaDukePenn12310
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto BRutgers12310