China also welded people's front doors closed. Not sure there's lessons there for us.
Also, please don't overlook news today of reinfection of a 40 year old woman in Japan, after several reports of reinfections in China.
Things will eventually get better, but it is reasonable to expect them to get worse first. It is anyone's guess when the tide will be turned, and even after turning the tide, it is a process to get back to "normal". (or will we now really see the "new normal"?)