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cord-290690-53t7df81	Roberts, David J.	Life in Times of COVID‐19	2020-05-13		.txt	text/plain	1448	69	60	The articles by CK Lee from Hong Kong 2 and Dana Devine 3 from Canada describe how blood services in two very different epidemiological settings responded to the epidemic. However, the measures implemented for SARS in Hong Kong in 2003, namely social distancing, use of personal protective equipment and screening of donors, laid the foundation for many blood services' response to this current epidemic. Similarly, the methods developed by Dr Lee in the SARS epidemic in 2002 described in this issue, have enable Hong Kong to maintain the blood supply in this COVID-19 pandemic and have been shared by webinar and have helped many blood services cope with the current crisis (https://education.isbtweb.org/isbt/#!*menu=8*browseby=8*sortby=2*label=19776) (Accessed 1st May 2020). Perhaps the wider lesson from the experience of Hong Kong and Canada was that very real threat posed by SARS in 2003 prompted improved pandemic planning.	./cache/cord-290690-53t7df81.txt	./txt/cord-290690-53t7df81.txt