Option 2 is totally unrealistic, to be honest. I commend you if you find a way to keep people locked up for 24 months, without economic, social and mental healt

Option 2 is totally unrealistic, to be honest. I commend you if you find a way to keep people locked up for 24 months, without economic, social and mental health repercussions. I'm going insane for "just" close to 50 days. I vote for option 3: drug development and usage. The first wave of results (many, I expect, won't be stellar, but that's what often happens) on repurposed drugs will arrive in a couple months. Afterwards, there will be the new agents in study (more targeted to SARS-CoV-2 or the adverse clinical effects). Biocentury lists more than 200 molecules among vaccines and therapeutics in study at this point. If we have to bet short term, instead of locking down, it's the drugs we need to place our bet on.