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-* @dajmcdon @brookslogan
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+### Checklist
+
+Please:
+- [ ] Make sure this PR is against "dev", not "main".
+- [ ] Request a review from one of the current epiprocess main reviewers:
+      brookslogan, nmdefries.
+- [ ] Describe changes made in NEWS.md, making sure breaking changes
+      (backwards-incompatible changes to the documented interface) are noted.
+      The right location for this may be in flux (see
+      [here](https://github.com/cmu-delphi/epiprocess/pull/398)).
+
+### Change explanations for reviewer
+
+### Magic GitHub syntax to mark associated Issue(s) as resolved when this is merged into the default branch
+
+- Resolves #{issue number}