By Candice Reyes MD
The uncertainty is certain,
Let us draw up the curtain,
Unmask this serial killer’s intention.
Attack of its clones gone VIRAL!
Made distancing societal,
Disrupting every human convention.
Humble hydroxychloroquine,
Now forced into the scene.
Telehealth bridges our CARE.
Drive-thru testing,
PPE’s & sanitizing,
Social media fills the air.
But let’s not be deceived,
This virus “evilly” conceived
A plan to evade the immune system:
Inducing cytokine storm
Wanting ARDS to be the norm.
Treatment data still a schism.
We will BEAT this pandemic!
Through strategies systemic,
From handwashing to quarantine.
Forefront professionals,
Relearning the essentials.
To defeat you, COVID-19!
Learn from each Zoom lecture
At this oddly remote juncture
To dissect this murderer’s crime.
Blending infection with inflammation:
{COVID-19 + 2(lungs)+1(heart)+(multi-organs) x [n]rheum} =1 life at a Time
By Candice Reyes MD is a Rheumatologist and an Academic Faculty with UCSF-Fresno Fresno California
The Context of Care 