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If everyone in the world stayed at home for a month, (including those who are infected) the virus would also die out. But that would require CCP levels of population management, and it ain't gonna happen. No, what is needed is a medical treatment that reduces the effect of the virus, which in turn would reduce hospitalisations/ long COVID / deaths. Sadly the much-vaunted monoclonal antibody treatment seems not to work against the new variants, so that's still away away. Vaccines actually should come later, once the illness can be treated effectively.