Primary care is in crisis and the situation is critical. Imagine you are in an ICU. Look to your left and right: among the COVID-19 patients on life support, there among them is primary medical care. Primary care is taking its last breaths and the end is near — very near. Things have been brewing for some time and the pandemic has only magnified various issues involving primary care and made them worse. Why should you pay attention to what is happening with primary care? If you care about your health and that of your family members and others, you need to take heed.