Ask HN: What can I/we do now to stop the pandemic?

We need to stop the pandemic - that's for sure. But the emerging isolation/depression in my social circles due to governmental restrictions starts to worry me. A vaccine could help obviously; however atm it feels more like the carrot in front of the donkey.

So what do you think are some paths to go now that provide people some sort of "social life"? I thought about starting an online community project, though it's just a vague idea and personally, I'd prefer ideas which don't involve additional screen-time.

(Creative approaches on how to get the pandemic under control without sacrificing even more social life are appreciated as well).