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Old 05-10-2020, 03:34 PM
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Remember that the goal of the lockdown was to flatten the curve. The number of new cases is not increasing. The curve has been flattened. That was why the country was shut down. The goal has been achieved. The virus is still spreading and will continue to spread, but at a manageable rate. That’s what those who sold us on the lockdown promised us from the beginning. Not stopping the virus, just slowing the spread.
If the curve was flatened by the shut down, doesn't it follow that the curve would turn upward if the lockdown ends?