Dec 31 2020

Out-of-control spread of SARS-CoV2

Nearly 4000 #COVID19 deaths per day in US

Vacc are many months away for most ppl

Rapid paper strip tests *could* be in everyone’s home today to curb spread immediately

Write to your congress ppl and demand they be a priority

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We make it easy for you to do this and have collected signatures from leading scientists requesting congress act on these - Set aside funds that amount to <1% of the most recent stimulus bill to get these tests to everyone, quickly and for months. http://Rapidtests.org 
FDA / others think the populous is not capable of having simple tests at home & making responsible decisions

This is insane - plus we have expensive over the counter tests that require much technology - so I guess FDA feels the wealthy can use their own data but poor cannot. BS!
We need simple tests - that cost <$1 to manufacture and ideally not much more than that to purchase. We need US Gov @JoeBiden to make these a priority. Get them into homes/office/school. Make this as big a campaign as vaccines. Or bigger. Start to control spread quickly.
I’ve written about it extensively. So, if the idea is new to you, scroll through my tweets going back to April. The research is there. The plans are there. How we can do it. Answers to questions.

Here’s one thread (of many)

Including an article in @TIME I wrote on it. https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1328873625894719489
You can follow @michaelmina_lab.
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