Ending the COVID-19 pandemic Embracing no-tech solutions will make high-tech solutions possible

The approach of a new year is always a time to take stock and be hopeful. This year, though, reflection and hope are more than de rigueur-they're rejuvenating. We're coming off a year in which doctors, engineers, and scientists took on the most dire public threat in decades, and in the new year we'll see the greatest results of those global efforts. COVID-19 vaccines are just months away, and biomedical testing is being revolutionized.