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DOI:10.1097/MCP.0000000000000752 Given its global impact, it is fitting that the first three articles in this issue cover aspects of the Covid19 pandemic. In the first, Joshi et al. [1] expound on the commonalities of two apparently dissimilar pandemics – Covid-19 and climate change. In 1624, John Dunne wrote words that are truer now than ever; ’No man is an island entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent.’ When Joshi et al. [1] say about climate change and Covid-19 that, ’isolation is not an option as these are global issues that inescapably affect all persons and all nations,’ it is a reiteration of old wisdom. Another commonality is that human behaviors contribute to and drive the progression of both pandemics. We should take responsibility for the ill consequences of our actions and take the morally right and vitally necessary steps to stop or mitigate them. For Covid-19, the soon-to-be-released (as of this writing) vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have the potential to reduce infection rate, infection severity, morbidity, and mortality. Once Covid-19 has been controlled, we need to prepare for the next infectious scourge. There is no vaccine, however, for climate change. Coordinated execution of a well-funded, concerted master plan by all nations is required, and informed behavioral change of people would be the sine qua non for its success. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities and deficiencies of our healthcare systems and therefore the need to critically examine those deficiencies at all levels. As the sickest patients are cared for in the ICUs, ICU care assumes prime importance. Even a resource-rich country, the United States (US), has experienced insufficiencies of personnel, supplies, and system. The second article related to Covid-19 is an analytical one by Harris and Adeja [2] that succinctly addresses these issues and provides valuable experience-based advice with respect to ICU preparedness. An accompanying editorial commentary addresses palliative and ethical aspects of care. The last of this trio of articles related to Covid-19 discusses implications related to an occupational