attempt to see if if we can remove superfluous function wrappers

[melange396]

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[melange396]

i dont know how to trigger the creation of the netlify preview :'(
https://deploy-preview-86--cmu-delphi-epivis.netlify.app/ is 404

[melange396]

pushing another commit got it to work!

[melange396]

This looks like it works, but it introduces a build error. It can be seen in the ci GitHub Action, during the "Run npm run build" step:

(!) Plugin typescript: @rollup/plugin-typescript TS2322: Type 'Promise<unknown>' is not assignable to type 'Promise<T>'.
  Type 'unknown' is not assignable to type 'T'.
    'T' could be instantiated with an arbitrary type which could be unrelated to 'unknown'.
src/api/EpiData.ts: (60:5)

60     return fetch(url.toString(), fetchOptions).then(processResponse);
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(!) Plugin typescript: @rollup/plugin-typescript TS2322: Type 'Promise<unknown>' is not assignable to type 'Promise<T>'.
src/api/EpiData.ts: (65:3)

 65   return fetch(url.toString(), {
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 66     ...fetchOptions,
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
... 
 68     body: params,
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 69   }).then(processResponse);
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~