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