An Internist and Intensivist Reflections in Times of SARS CoV-2 Pandemic

Abstract

SARS CoV-2 (systemic acute respiratory syndrome - virus 2) pandemic spread around the world at an unusual rate. In some countries, it has caused serious and simultaneous infections, in such a large number that several health systems disrupted. There are more doubts than certainties about its pathophysiology and treatment, but it is already clear that it is a systemic disease, which is initiated more often by respiratory symptoms No etiological treatment is known. Supportive treatment in the most severe cases is less effective than expected, requiring different strategies than we knew so far. The most effective attitudes so far are those that were recommended in the middle ages: social distancing, preven- tion of contacts and confinement. The pandemic makes humanity vulnerable as a whole, "justifies" massive restrictions on circulation and freedoms, precipitates an economic crisis of unknown proportions. No one knows what will happen in the future, to the survivors and to the possibility of recirculation of the virus. It is time to reflect the human condition and human relations. Society organization will change, and we will be protagonists.