"Dealing with Diseases" provides an up-to-date look at recent headlines highlighting the significant changes scientists now believe are long-term effects of COVID-19 and other diseases, such as influenza, which currently poses a greater risk than COVID. Influenza has now surpassed COVID-19 as the deadliest pandemic our country has ever experienced. At the time of this writing, the nation was undergoing a major political shift, and President Trump had just completed his first 100 days in office, resulting in historic changes to our healthcare policies.