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>What did people think would happen? We thought that if we didn't do that we'd run a very real risk of the entire healthcare system collapsing. We were trying
by hoppyhoppy2 5y ago
>What did people think would happen?
We thought that if we didn't do that we'd run a very real risk of the entire healthcare system collapsing. We were trying to "flatten the curve" so that hospitals could deal with an ongoing roar instead of being hit with a massive explosion.
- polote 5y agoAt least now we know that public health care experts cannot be trusted to make predictions
- celtain 5y ago>We were trying to "flatten the curve" Not were, are. The entire lockdown/restriction/mask mandate set of policies has been based on managing hospital capacity. State and local governments are still using hospital capacity to decide when to lift or reimpose restrictions. The wave of explainers we got last year about flattening the curve were wrong about how long it would take, but the fundamental strategy and the reasoning behind it never actually changed.