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Proof: Contact tracing: Brace for the worst Ebola scenario

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T21:02:48Z","headline":"Contact tracing: Brace for the worst Ebola scenario","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"standardke","url":"https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559724/contact-tracing-brace-for-the-worst-ebola-scenario","v":1}

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SHA-256

37704a9a3061f7e1a1c41e274fa061755215d9bb811b3eb6c95e2dbdacb81863

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970534, mined 2026-10-08 21:16 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 21:08 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 21:08 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-37704a9a3061.json prints 37704a9a3061f7e1a1c41e274fa061755215d9bb811b3eb6c95e2dbdacb81863. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-37704a9a3061.json and headline-37704a9a3061.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-37704a9a3061.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.