Re:FDA authorizes rapid, at-home coronavirus test
by rhino369 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:53PM
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I'm going to make an educated guess and say that there isn't a ton of overlap between people who will refuse a vaccine and people who will voluntarily submit to continuous testing.
Maybe I'm underestimating how fast they can ramp up production on these tests, but you'd need billions a month to just test everyone every week.
Those people, at the very least, should be getting tested.
Also, it's going to take a long time for even those who want to get vaccinated.
Finally, we don't know how long the immunity given by the vaccination will last. If it only lasts a couple of months people might need to get revaccinated again and again throughout the year, which will probably lead to even less people willing to be vaccinated.
So vaccines are very unlikely to be a complete solution by themselves.
We still need mass testing.