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Old 06-12-2020, 08:25 PM
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Default Flattening

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Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
Remember that the whole reason for the shutdown, social distancing and masks was to slow the spread of the virus. This was to prevent hospital ICU’s from being overrun. “Flattening the Curve”. As things open back up, spikes were expected. The goal was to keep the spikes under control. All the safety precautions were never about eradicating the virus, just about slowing down the spread.
Now it’s time to resume life as it was before since the curve was successfully flattened. Spikes only mean more people are sick and may die.