This idea is authoritarian and would likely face numerous legal challenges. It is offered strictly as a thought experiment. The Morpheus Protocol would implement the following: 1) Community leaders, business owners, employees, and anyone public-facing would be issued a maintenance dose of HCQ for the duration of a month. 2) Anyone wishing to participate economically would be required to submit to maintenance doses of HCQ for a month. 3) Anyone unwilling or unable to participate (e.g. because of negative reactions to HCQ) would be quarantined for a month. The economy would be opened back up with **no restrictions except to the people in corpus #3**. Participants could randomly elect to submit to antibody testing to determine viral penetration into the community and to estimate the rate of infection. If successful, this would have an effect similar to widespread vaccination without the need to vaccinate, assuming HCQ is a prophylactic for COVID-19. Once 50% of the population has been exposed and developed antibodies, then whatever remaining quarantines exist can be lifted. This makes a few assumptions and would face a number of challenges. Specifically, these assumptions are: 1) That HCQ is a prophylactic for COVID-19 and that a maintenance dose is low enough such that we don't run out of supply while remaining effective. There is at least one study, albeit Chinese, that I am aware of which stated that no one taking long term doses of HCQ participated in their disease study because none of them exhibited symptoms of COVID-19. There isn't sufficient evidence at this point to make this assumption. 2) That we would be able to ramp up production for HCQ sufficiently to cover enough people to participate. At a maximum, this might require `($population / 2) * 30` doses. 3) That HCQ is a *perfect* prophylactic, meaning it's successful even if dosages are missed, and/or that public usage, as directed, is perfect. Neither of these are possible, strictly speaking. 4) That people who remain in quarantine not participating in the Morpheus Protocol would adhere to the quarantine for a month. 5) That prophylactic use of HCQ preceding exposure would still afford antibody production at or following the time of infection. If antibody production is weak or nonexistent, then this will not work. 6) That enough people would participate to make this work. Some challenges: 1) We would need to conduct testing to estimate the a) rate of infection in the community and b) the rate of immunity to get the population close enough to 50% that herd immunity can take over. 2) Distribution of medication would present its own unique set of challenges. 3) 30 days is undoubtedly an ambitious timeline and would possibly require significantly more doses over time if this period is insufficient. This is partially due to the fact that viral spread will be inhibited if infected users of HCQ don't act as reservoirs. Although, if this is true, then there is a possibility the opposite may take effect and the disease could be eradicated in a month. 4) Adherence to this is unlikely, and there are ethical challenges for mass-dosing the population with a potentially unnecessary and dangerous drug if misused. Though, I'm certain there will be someone pointing out that this is largely true for vaccination--a valid point. 5) We're well passed the threshold where this would be successful as a *preventative*. Infection penetration into many communities is so extensive that measures to inhibit further spread are a bit like urinating on the barn after it's on fire. Again, this is strictly a thought experiment exploring one potential solution to this crisis, albeit heavy-handed. Public cooperation would be spotty at best, but something *along these lines* might be the best option to improve consumer confidence. The name is a deliberate choice for reasons only this community would understand.