Tag: flatten the curve

  • Flattening the curve to curb an epidemic

    Flattening the curve to curb an epidemic

    In my last blog post I noted the sudden appearance and wide spread of phrases like ‘flattening, stretching, extending, pushing down, drawing out the curve’ and/or the epidemic, meaning that if we can delay or slow down or ‘lower’ the peak of the epidemic for a while and make ‘it’ less steep, we can buy…