>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 capacit

>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.