Much excitement over vaccines, BUT we must not wait for them.

I've "heard" the rollout of vaccines will be much slower than current WH says.

Here, @vivek_murthy suggests same: mid-Summer/Fall 2021 for most people.

We need • FREQUENT • FAST • ACCESSIBLE at-home tests today. https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1340678102670864387

Rapid tests can serve as a stop-gap while most people wait for vaccines

When enough people use them at home (in privacy of their home) they can slow spread and get R < 1

They can be used alongside masks, distancing, and vaccines as they are introduced https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1328873625894719489?s=20

This is also why we MUST start single-dose vaccine trials immediately to know if a single dose vaccine is sufficient and better to achieve herd immunity faster.

If so, it could mean hundreds of millions (or billions) more people vaccinated in 2021. https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1340914939553308674?s=20