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Comment
. 2020 Aug;74(8):676.
doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214448. Epub 2020 May 20.

COVID-19: science must not be the boy who cried wolf

Philip Lewis  1 , Thomas C Erren  2
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COVID-19: science must not be the boy who cried wolf

Philip Lewis et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Physical Distancing; Prevention; Public Health; SARS-CoV-2; Trust.

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