I know it’s not cool to say “I told you so”, but here’s a draft version of a document I shared with some government leaders back in August: “Population-level rapid testing as a pragmatic alternative to lockdowns” https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QnZ8bpusSbLn4FAivRU6cuV22ngK6X2Lu8Cwy8CIbnY/edit#

In particular, note: “Nova Scotia Public Health has said they see their rapid testing program as a way of normalizing testing for residents so that they have the tool available to deploy at scale quickly should it become necessary. ” 1/

“All too often we wait to act decisively until hospitals are almost overloaded, and then are left with no options other than long and strict lockdowns. Hope is not a strategy.” 2/2