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Future doctors are extremely limited in their training and Escape and hide from viruses should be replaced by a
education on preventive and health-organizational successful victory over them.
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promotion of health, public health culture and health Acknowledgements
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Georgieva, L. M., & Borisova, B. V. (2020). An Invisible Virus Has Made Visible Many Underestimated Problems in
Medical Education and Research. International Journal of Science Annals, 3(2), 34–35. doi:10.26697/ijsa.2020.2.5

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