[Gatsky]

I am 90% sure there will be a useful antiviral therapy available soon, whether it is remdesivir, favipiravir or even chloroquine. This will change the game in humanity's favour. Antivirals are also the only solution which can actually scale to the problem, unlike these ventilator projects or even vaccines (at least not for a very long time, bear in mind that under ideal conditions the supply of seasonal flu vaccines is often dicey). The first use for antivirals will be to reduce the number of patients with severe infection requiring ventilatory support.

Making these antivirals as useful as possible is of great importance, and that means going all in on mass producing a quick and reliable and broadly applicable diagnostic test.

I would much rather see open source projects targeting diagnostic tests or manufacturing nasopharyngeal swabs. Admittedly, this is much harder to achieve for people not involved in life science research or without access to virological specimens.