Dr David Riedel is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at the University of Maryland’s hospital. When we spoke Baltimore was experiencing its expected peak week of COVID cases. At his hospital they had just over 50 patients with COVID, with 50% of patients on respirators. In the conversation we cover the full gamut of what’s happening with COVID in Baltimore and nearby New York. We also talk about what he has learned from the virus as an infectious disease specialist.