Thread by @DrWilfredoM

Despite the lack of national leadership in #COVID19, I've been inspired by working with researchers like @SaraSuliman13 and @drlouiseivers. Our team just got support from @MALifeSciences for our work evaluating #SARSCoV2 rapid tests in @CityofHolyoke.

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mass.gov/news/baker-pol…

https://twitter.com/SaraSuliman13/status/1348640851082293249

2/#COVID rapid tests that are fast, cheap and can be used by individuals at home or on the go will be a key part of the toolkit that gets us out of this #pandemic.

This great post by @PaulSaxMD explains how.

blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observa…

3/The importance of this strategy is not new; in this @washingtonpost OpEd @RanuDhillon @AbraarKaran and @sri_srikrishna argue for mass-rapid testing as early as August of last year.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…

4/With new leadership on the horizon, and hundreds of #COVID rapid tests in the pipeline, key now will be to validate these tests asap and implement/evaluate innovative delivery strategies at scale and in an iterative way.

#COVID19 @CDCgov @RWalensky

5/This kind of work is made possible by the support of Mayors like @AlexBMorse and leaders like @BloombergME at @CityofHolyoke. Your vision of what #COVID19 response and public health should look like has been inspiring.