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 The are a large number of ***breaking changes*** in this release, primarily functions and function arguments being renamed or restructured, see the _Breaking changes_ section for an overview.
 
-This is the first version of {epiparameter} to be released on CRAN.
-
 ## New features
 
 * The library of epidemiological parameters has been updated to include 3 new Chikungunya parameter entries. The Mpox parameters previously missing from the Guzzetta et al. entry have been added (#346 & #374).
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 ## Installation
 
-The package can be installed from CRAN using:
-
-``` r
-install.packages("epiparameter")
-```
-
 The development version of `{epiparameter}` can be installed from [GitHub](https://github.com/epiverse-trace/epiparameter) using the `{pak}` package:
 
 ``` r
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-## R CMD check results
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-* This is a new release.