> Everyone now knows "two weeks to flatten the curve" means endless abridgement of civil rights. Strangely despite having access to google I keep seeing this “

> Everyone now knows "two weeks to flatten the curve" means endless abridgement of civil rights. Strangely despite having access to google I keep seeing this “two weeks” phrasing repeated. Please google news stories from March 2020 and find that the “15 days to flatten the curve” was a Trump Administration policy and scientists immediately pointed out that 15 days would not be enough and could not make the virus disappear[0]. The number was simply a political decision as it was hard for the US President to change from the February 2020 stance of claiming Covid was just a cold and a hoax by their political opponents to hurt the economy… [0] https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-white-house-15-day-plan-too-short-2020-3?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-white-house-15-d...