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   title="COVID-19 impact on IEEE VIS 2020"
-  description="Although the main conference activities are some time away, we appreciate that some of our community might be impacted as they attempt to prepare their paper submissions. The abstract deadline remains <b>mandatory</b> and will still be 21 March 2020. <br><br>However, with COVID-19 significantly impacting research work due to restrictions on travel, meetings, etc., we are <b>extending</b> the paper deadline by two weeks (14 April 2020)..."
+  description="Although the main conference activities are some time away, we appreciate that some of our community might be impacted as they attempt to prepare their paper submissions. We have deliberated on the various issues. In our attempt to balance authors’ considerations with reviewer challenges, review time-table, or challenges in the review process, we have decided that the abstract deadline remains mandatory and will still be 21 March 2020. The paper deadline extension will remain as 14 April 2020. For Reviewers, Committee Members, and Volunteers, etc.:  We acknowledge..."
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