Managing The Pandemic With Technology – Vaccines, Testing, Tracing, & More

Well, the vaccines are here. Last night, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization to the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and shipments will start reaching the states on Monday, December 14. The Moderna vaccine is expected to be approved next week. And, we saw progress with two community-based rapid tests in the past two weeks (see Cue Health Rapid COVID-19 Test Deployed To Five States In Pilot Program and Hy-Vee Now Offering Rapid-Result COVID Antigen Testing).

Looking at the rest of the world, Russia rolled out its two-dose Sputnik V . . .