The U.S. is only a few days into the third calendar year of the pandemic and nearly 500,000 new COVID-19 cases are being counted daily.

So if it’s hard to find a glimmer of hope, you’re not alone. But Dr. Bob Wachter has a bit of hope to share.

The chair of the Department of Medicine at UC San Francisco said on Twitter last week that the country “could be in good shape, maybe even great shape in six to eight weeks.”