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I think the important part to consider is that your masters degree won't have a significant effect on your overall application. Overall, non-SMP masters degrees are not highly valued by medical schools because there's a lot of grade inflation in some programs and they can't all be evaluated. You absolutely don't want to do poorly but doing well isn't that much of a help.
I'm assuming this biochemistry class is an undergraduate class. So here's my logic on taking the P: You already need to boost your undergraduate GPA but a B doesn't help with that. In fact, it makes it harder to boost your GPA later because the number of credits you have is growing larger. Since P/F courses aren't included in the overall GPA calculation taking the P means it will be slightly easier to increase your GPA with other courses. Additionally, since these are extraordinary times, a P will probably not affect your application at all as long as everything else is solid.
I'm assuming this biochemistry class is an undergraduate class. So here's my logic on taking the P: You already need to boost your undergraduate GPA but a B doesn't help with that. In fact, it makes it harder to boost your GPA later because the number of credits you have is growing larger. Since P/F courses aren't included in the overall GPA calculation taking the P means it will be slightly easier to increase your GPA with other courses. Additionally, since these are extraordinary times, a P will probably not affect your application at all as long as everything else is solid.
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