Dr. Michael Saag, Associate Dean for Global Health, Director of the UAB Center for AIDS Research and Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has gained national attention by participating in news conferences and speaking with reporters to share his experience with COVID-19 and encourage the public to follow basic safety precautions to protect themselves and others against the virus. In this interview, Dr. Saag gives his input about COVID's impact on patients' brains, the short and long term public health implications of the pandemic, and what he sees as the light at the end of the tunnel.