Surely they are two absolutely different things with different goals. Nobody was talking about reducing the total number of cases, where did you get this idea f

Surely they are two absolutely different things with different goals. Nobody was talking about reducing the total number of cases, where did you get this idea from? Just look at any article when the idea of “flattening the curve” entered the news, e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/article/flatten-curve-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/article/flatten-curve-coronavirus.ht... Drew Harris, a population health analyst at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia that is cited in this NYTimes article, has said: >Important to remember that #Covid-19 epidemic control measures may only delay cases, not prevent. and >Without a vaccine, eventually everyone is likely to be exposed to the virus. Some won't get sick, some will have mild illness, some severe, and a few will die. The goal is to put this off for as long as possible so we have time to prepare and spread out the surge of cases.