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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 175 (from laksa066)

2. Crawled Status Check

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa175.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bostonglobe.com/nation/special-reports/coronavirus/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bostonglobe.com/nation/special-reports/coronavirus/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/nation\/special-reports\/coronavirus\/","crawl_time":1775700277,"first_indexed_time":1583260320,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,bostonglobe!www,\/nation\/special-reports\/coronavirus\/ s443","src_root_hash":"1812394390912631775","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"COVID-19 News | The Boston Globe","meta_descriptions":["The latest news and features stories on coronavirus around Boston and New England. Check out recent case and death numbers, vaccine news and ongoing pandemic fallout."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"More coronavirus stories\nSnubbing Kennedy, states announce plans to coordinate on vaccines\nThe alliance is intended to provide residents with scientific data about vaccine safety and efficacy, and to issue guidance on vaccines for respiratory illnesses.\nWhat to know about the COVID-19 variant that may cause ‘razor blade’ sore throats\nThere’s nothing so far to suggest that the disease associated with the new variant is more severe compared to other variants.\nCDC now says healthy kids and pregnant women ‘may’ still get Covid shots\nHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said days ago that the COVID vaccine would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. The CDC's website sends a more nuanced message.\nWill you be able to get a COVID-19 shot? Here’s what we know so far.\nHealth Secretary Robert F. 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Early guidance did not urge people to wear masks.](https:\/\/bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/ZFIUWWDREVEHTAUT6L2RIVO2XU.jpg?auth=516664f5caca9a538ca4d48938c4f032fc36ac653711857609842e33bad87840&width=1440&height=810&focal=2448,5)](https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/03\/03\/metro\/covid-anniversary-five-years-later\/)\n\n#### Six things we got wrong about COVID-19, from washing groceries to herd immunity\nAs knowledge about the virus grew, experts revised their guidance on seemingly everything about the illness.\n\n[![With the Washington Monument in the background, people looked at white flags that were part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's temporary art installation, \"In America: Remember,\" in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, on the National Mall in Washington, Sept. 17, 2021. The installation consisted of more than 630,000 flags.](https:\/\/bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/VKK3M4MBO356BUC6Y3TEVOAWL4.jpg?auth=80a3c66720410da1c62d36092feb556390cc9b86e4f2bca7ce4213a70be3d1cf&width=1440&height=810&focal=3000,5)](https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/03\/01\/nation\/covid-five-year-anniversary-no-national-victims-day\/)\n\n#### More than 1 million Americans have died of COVID-19. 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Kennedy Jr. said days ago that the COVID vaccine would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. The CDC's website sends a more nuanced message.\n\n[![A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss.](https:\/\/bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/DIZGIAXR6IOWCH4V2LRHEDPUXQ.jpg?auth=87f41f67d0b71544de368f239ad51974f39e29e728947e1d0fd5b00b4f8b48c6&width=1440&height=810&focal=2580,5)](https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/05\/28\/nation\/covid-vaccinations-what-to-know\/)\n\n#### Will you be able to get a COVID-19 shot? Here’s what we know so far.\nHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that COVID-19 shots are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.\n\n##### [Five Years Later]()\n[![Grocery stores were crowded with customers without masks as people prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic in Waltham on March 13, 2020. Early guidance did not urge people to wear masks.](https:\/\/bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/ZFIUWWDREVEHTAUT6L2RIVO2XU.jpg?auth=516664f5caca9a538ca4d48938c4f032fc36ac653711857609842e33bad87840&width=1440&height=810&focal=2448,5)](https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/03\/03\/metro\/covid-anniversary-five-years-later\/)\n\n#### Six things we got wrong about COVID-19, from washing groceries to herd immunity\nAs knowledge about the virus grew, experts revised their guidance on seemingly everything about the illness.\n\n[![With the Washington Monument in the background, people looked at white flags that were part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's temporary art installation, \"In America: Remember,\" in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, on the National Mall in Washington, Sept. 17, 2021. The installation consisted of more than 630,000 flags.](https:\/\/bostonglobe-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/VKK3M4MBO356BUC6Y3TEVOAWL4.jpg?auth=80a3c66720410da1c62d36092feb556390cc9b86e4f2bca7ce4213a70be3d1cf&width=1440&height=810&focal=3000,5)](https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/03\/01\/nation\/covid-five-year-anniversary-no-national-victims-day\/)\n\n#### More than 1 million Americans have died of COVID-19. 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Boilerpipe Text	More coronavirus stories Snubbing Kennedy, states announce plans to coordinate on vaccines The alliance is intended to provide residents with scientific data about vaccine safety and efficacy, and to issue guidance on vaccines for respiratory illnesses. What to know about the COVID-19 variant that may cause ‘razor blade’ sore throats There’s nothing so far to suggest that the disease associated with the new variant is more severe compared to other variants. CDC now says healthy kids and pregnant women ‘may’ still get Covid shots Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said days ago that the COVID vaccine would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. The CDC's website sends a more nuanced message. Will you be able to get a COVID-19 shot? Here’s what we know so far. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that COVID-19 shots are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. Five Years Later Six things we got wrong about COVID-19, from washing groceries to herd immunity As knowledge about the virus grew, experts revised their guidance on seemingly everything about the illness. More than 1 million Americans have died of COVID-19. Why is there no national day to remember them? Five years after the virus emerged, Americans have not coalesced around an understanding of how COVID shaped us and what we've lost. COVID-like bat virus discovered by researchers in Chinese lab Researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China said they discovered a new coronavirus in bats that enters cells using the same gateway as the virus that causes COVID-19. Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste water How much COVID-19 is circulating in the community? See the latest waste water numbers.
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