Utter insanity. Who told you a "real" lockdown would stop the virus? Where did you get this "fact" from?
A perfect lockdown would stop a human-only pandemic immediately by stopping all transmission.
Unfortunately, this virus infect other animals as well. Good luck locking them down.
>>> Give everyone 2 months of salary, and 2 months of food. Nationalize food production for a month, give everyone shelf stable terrible food, the same crap that the majority of the anti-vaxxers have been hoarding for decades.
> Utter insanity. Who told you a "real" lockdown would stop the virus? Where did you get this "fact" from?
It stands to reason. An extreme lockdown as described will cause a virus to go extinct provided: 1) animal reservoirs are insignificant, 2) the immune system can clear the virus within the lockdown time, and 3) people actually comply.
Exceptions to 2 & 3 can likely be dealt if the lockdown is paired with and intensive testing and contact tracing program.
All of these things are likely true, because China and other countries have actually been successful at maintaining a Covid-zero policy (at great cost).