> But "flattening the curve" means allowing exponential growth and waiting for most people to become infected. I really have no idea where and how you've creat

> But "flattening the curve" means allowing exponential growth and waiting for most people to become infected. I really have no idea where and how you've created that definition, because it has absolutely no relation to the real meaning of flattening the curve and even completely ignores the problem. Just to be clear, flattening the curve refers to limit the spread of the epidemic so that the amount of new cases are not an exponential spike but a smooth curve throughout time. Thus, the curve is flattened. That's it. How do you do that? Well, by containing how the disease spreads by enforcing containment and self-isolate and avoid contact with everyone. Washing your hands is great and makes up for a good scapegoat, but the reason why people are being sent to work from home, stock up on supplies, and not sey foot outside unless they really need to, is to contain how the disease spreads.