> If these people could hold out for a year or two That's a pretty big if. Even in a perfect situation where you don't have to worry about getting money and fo

> If these people could hold out for a year or two That's a pretty big if. Even in a perfect situation where you don't have to worry about getting money and food, prolonged isolation will cause a lot of issues. I understand you softened your statement with "or even some months", but IMO it's very difficult to "reprogram" people to avoid social contact and stay shut in. Also, waiting out for a vaccine might not work, since there are no efficacy data at this point (perhaps some readouts on safety in about two months, but that's it). Drugs are IMO a far better bet (even though no one of them will work a miracle, and there will be many failures, for sure) for clinical management. Lastly, my own experience with "holding out": six weeks of quarantine in Italy are absolutely wrecking my mind. There's no way I could "hold out" for a year.