In pandemic time, we get back to the essentials. Our leaders should have remembered that: It is also necessary promptly to recognize the assaults of the endemic diseases… Hippocrates is the O.G. physician aphorist. Many are physicians by repute, very few are such in reality. The humours may be outmoded, but his bedside manner is timeless. When you enter a sick man’s room … know what you must do before going in. … Make frequent visits; be especially careful in your examinations, counteracting the things wherein you have been deceived at the changes.