Outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic inevitably led to realistic, mandatory restrictive countermeasures in many countries, causing uncertainty for millions of people with resultant unprecedented effects on economy and morale—importantly livelihood and job losses—which will require many years to recuperate. Thus, eliminating the ongoing impact of the pandemic on the social fabric, morale, and psychosocial and economic wellbeing is critical. Developing prophylactic vaccines or antiviral therapies for SARS-CoV-2 will perhaps require few years of research, testing, and clinical trials.12 Some drugs (e.g., chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine) have been touted to be effective but have been shrouded with controversy.13