Here is an explanation of why the graph used by Tao on his blog is highly misleading: https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-deadly-delusion-e

Here is an explanation of why the graph used by Tao on his blog is highly misleading: https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-deadly-delusion-eea324fe9727 https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-dea... A few days after Joshua Bach posted the above critique, the original "flatten the curve" blogger, Thomas Pueyo, basically echoed Bach's points and called it "the hammer and the dance." https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56 https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-th... The damage and confusion done by Pueyo's original graph is moot at this point, but it's been interesting to see how the FTC phrase has lived on. https://miro.medium.com/max/1340/1*PZesaMfoPxgYJBoQVtpmjQ.gif https://miro.medium.com/max/1340/1*PZesaMfoPxgYJBoQVtpmjQ.gi...