> "Flattening the curve" is reducing the number of virus cases that happen. No, that is absolutely incorrect. Flattening the curve was not intended to reduce t

> "Flattening the curve" is reducing the number of virus cases that happen. No, that is absolutely incorrect. Flattening the curve was not intended to reduce the total number of cases. It was intended to reduce the rate at which those cases occurred, i.e. to spread them out over time, so that hospitals did not get overwhelmed. It is a rate limit. In the long run, the only way to shrink the total number of cases is a vaccine.