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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Maintainer is changing to @rozeggo (#212).
 
 5. Added continuous benchmarking workflows using {touchstone} following the pattern of {epiforecasts/EpiNow2} (#212).
 
+6. Added the `contact_scaling` argument to `final_size()` and `r_eff()` that allows scaling contact matrices; added tests and a brief vignette to show this functionality.
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 # finalsize 0.2.1
 
 This patch adds: