If you do it properly (flattening the curve), it takes longer than getting hit with the full-height wave. You have to “keep your foot on the brakes” until the

If you do it properly (flattening the curve), it takes longer than getting hit with the full-height wave. You have to “keep your foot on the brakes” until the disease is no longer a threat. Take a look at countries where there is success - Taiwan, Mainland China outside Hubei, HK, Singapore, SK - they must keep whatever countermeasures are working for them in place to some degree or risk another wave of infections. I think the culture of wearing masks really helps, despite the public messaging to the contrary. It seems like it would be good if mask manufacturing spins up enough to totally saturate the world over the next few months, and western cultures get over themselves and start making it common to wear them in public.