The Story Making

LYRICS When we met When we met I wasn’t me, I was so numb, yeah I was so lonely Out on the run, I wasn’t free Then you came along, but you couldn’t save me My hesitation and holding my breath, I led you into the garden of my loneliness Wish that you left before it all burned down Oh, Julia I’m sorry what I do to you I push and pull and mess with your head Then get in your bed cause I’m weak deep down Oh, Julia I wish I never lied to you I never meant to hurt you like that And if I could go back, I’d leave you alone When I left, I wasn’t sure That I could love, love anymore But my hesitation and holding my breath, I led you into the garden of my loneliness Wish that you left before it all burned down Oh, Julia I’m sorry what I do to you I push and pull and mess with your head Then get in your bed cause I’m weak deep down Oh, Julia I wish I never lied to you I never meant to hurt you like that And if I could go back, I’d leave you alone I won’t lie to yo...

I'm a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I've been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis. I have worked in inner city hospitals and in the poorest slums of Africa. HIV-AIDS, Hepatitis,TB, SARS, Measles, Shingles, Whooping cough, Diphtheria...there is little I haven't been exposed to in my profession. And with notable exception of SARS, very little has left me feeling vulnerable, overwhelmed or downright scared.  I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil.  I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19. What I am scared about is the loss of reason and wave of fear that has induced the masses of society into a spellbinding spiral o...