What does the fight against COVID-19 and Hippocrates have in common?
COVID-19 detection tests were developed at an astonishing speed, within 2 months of its emergence, a triumph of modern molecular biology and genomics.
Scientific medicine was borne when an Ancient Greek, Hippocrates (400 BC) moved the art of healing from faith-based treatments to a system of diagnosis, clinical observation, logic and rigorous analysis. 
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“Diseases were no longer considered a curse of the gods, but were interpreted rationally: the art of healing was liberated from demons, magic and superstitions. He also had enormous sympathy for human suffering and placed the patient at the centre of his attention. He stated simply: “The place of the physician is at the pillow of his patient.”

” Hippocrates was a generous teacher and a prolific writer and we are lucky that 57 of his works have survived.During the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), between Athens and Sparta, Athens was struck by a terrible epidemic of cholera. Pericles summoned Hippocrates to Athens. He came and saved the city. The grateful Athenians admitted him to the Eleusinian Mysteries, awarded him a gold wreath, and he and his descendants were entitled to dine free of charge in the chief magistrates’ quarters.”