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Editorial| Volume 44, ISSUE 3, 101445, June 2021

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Times they are a-changin for contact lens practice

Published:April 02, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2021.101445
      This time a year ago the editorial in CLAE suggested the world was in the middle of a global pandemic [
      • Zeri F.
      • Naroo S.A.
      Contact lens practice in the time of COVID-19.
      ]. It now seems that was a little optimistic as a year ago was probably the start of the global pandemic, especially now that some countries are reporting a third wave and fears of more to come with the possibility of new variants of the virus. The world has changed due to the pandemic and has had to adapt to a new way of working where possible.
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