"Flatten the curve" and "shelter in place" aren't mutually exclusive with a necessity to ramp up testing or develop a vaccine, they are just things that laypeop

"Flatten the curve" and "shelter in place" aren't mutually exclusive with a necessity to ramp up testing or develop a vaccine, they are just things that laypeople can be doing in the mean time to mitigate the negative effects of the virus while those other solutions are prepared.