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authors: Lai, Paul B. S.
title: 2019 (COVID‐19) and 2021
date: 2021-02-24
journal: Surg Pract
DOI: 10.1111/1744-1633.12472
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When this editorial is in press electronically, we should be venturing into 2021. Readers may wonder why 2020 is not there in the title because for many, 2020 is a year filled with unprecedented challenges and difficulties. Or it seems everything does not go according to plans.

But if one seriously looks back at what we have done in 2020, we might still be amazed that a lot has been done and achieved, although many of those achievements may be more reactive than proactive. 1 

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