[makomk]

Yeah, the only thing that I've seen pushed as a vaccine substitute without evidence is masks, by the mainstream American press - there was this narrative for a while that mask-wearing was more effective than vaccination would be, despite there being at best no evidence and at worst evidence suggesting they were likely to be much less effective than any vaccine even meeting the bare minimum criteria to be approved for use. And if anything, this seemed to be inspired by the fact that Trump didn't support mask wearing.

(Now, there did seem to be this idea over in South Korea that untested, in-development treatments could make an effective substitute for vaccination. I haven't seen the same in the US or other western countries though.)