Dr. Jane Orient M.D. Is a practicing physician and clinical lecturer in medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. She is the author of Sapira's Art and Science of Bedside Manner and Your Doctor is NOT in: Healthy Skepticism about National Health Care. As Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, she continues a tradition dating from 1943 as a voice for independent physicians and patients. Covid-19, the first political virus. www.DrJaneOrient.com www.AAPSonline.org