It is too early to begin a comprehensive review of our response to the coronavirus here in the United States. We had warnings with HIV, SARS, MERS, H1N1, and Ebola, but we were not ready for COVID-19 — not even close.

I’m a family physician, busy revamping my entire practice in order to provide safe and effective medical care to patients fearful of the pandemic. Many of my patients are sick and experience symptoms of common illnesses that they would normally just tolerate; this time, they universally worry that they have been hit by the deadly coronavirus.