Prediction: by Christmas we will see many US schools and workplaces effectively using cheap antigen test strips like these as an essential component of a COVID-19 containment strategy. https://www.abbott.com/BinaxNOW-Test-NAVICA-App.html. Other countries will follow, but slower than they should.

The US may be struggling due to weak leadership, but it still puts countries, like my own country of Canada, to shame when it comes to applied innovation and the power of the free market.