Tony Scott: Along Came COVID: Love and Loss in the 2020 Pandemic

Life was complicated enough in a group of physicians in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine division of the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque. Then, along came COVID. Faith Pernitelli, distracted by her crumbling marriage to Brian, her relocation to Albuquerque, and her focus on becoming an excellent obstetrician, is blind to her coworker Josh’s romantic advances. Then, along came COVID. Brian Yankton lost traction after leaving his comfort zone. From high school, college, medical school, a residency in Ob-Gyn, and a fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, all in Lubbock, Texas, he lands in Albuquerque to start his high-risk obstetric career, dragging with him an opiate abuse problem. Then, along came COVID. Peggy Valdez, a seventy-year-old overweight diabetic, is a recent retiree, invited to fill a temporary faculty vacancy in Albuquerque, her wealth of wisdom and tricks longing to land on the young and the eager. Then, along came COVID. Will Brian overcome his opiate addiction? Will Josh successfully woo Faith? Will the older mentor escape the virus and nurture the fledgling physicians?