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And as far as the human toll goes for Jamaica, it's estimated that over 700,000 children are thought to have been affected by it. Sorry, I should clarify, 700,000 children across the Caribbean. But in particular, I think about 550,000 of that is going to be within western Jamaica. And there's a significant concern for water contamination, which leads to the spread of waterborne diseases. And obviously there's vulnerability that develops because you don't have the police and other services are limited in their ability to operate. So there's a concern for vulnerability, especially for females. And what we're discovering now is that there is a mental health toll. You think about it and it's obvious, oh, you lose your home or you're subjugated to trauma, however you want to define that from adverse weather, a hurricane, killing somebody, destroying your home, doing both. There are potential mental health ramifications from that. So one of the concerns now is that you might have people that have long-term mental health trauma among survivors, right? So that's another thing, especially with the scale of destruction.
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