Not Wasting a Crisis: How Geriatrics Clinical Research Can Remain Engaged During COVID ‐19

To the Editor: We applaud Nicol et al. for their timely article highlighting the new norm of “action at a distance” for geriatrics clinical research against the backdrop of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Like many countries enforcing physical distancing to flatten the coronavirus curve, Singapore has implemented a critical 8-week circuit breaker period. The apt reminder that we must persist and adapt to help our older patients and study participants reinforces our conviction of “not wasting a crisis” to draw meaningful lessons in an unprecedented calamity. In this letter, we share our 3Rs perspective of how we remain engaged as a geriatrics clinical research institute during the COVID-19 pandemic.