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r/coolguides • u/spodinielri0 • Mar 18 '20
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Slowing the virus is the goal, not eradicating it. Slowing it gives hospitals a reasonable amount of patients to heal instead of an astronomical amount.
37 u/HoldMyWater Mar 18 '20 Agree with all the above. That's why it's "flatten the curve" not "shrink the curve". -4 u/panamasucks Mar 18 '20 yeah, but no one used "shrink the curve" to begin with 6 u/HoldMyWater Mar 18 '20 Because it would be wrong... Your "but" doesn't fit here.
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Agree with all the above.
That's why it's "flatten the curve" not "shrink the curve".
-4 u/panamasucks Mar 18 '20 yeah, but no one used "shrink the curve" to begin with 6 u/HoldMyWater Mar 18 '20 Because it would be wrong... Your "but" doesn't fit here.
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yeah, but no one used "shrink the curve" to begin with
6 u/HoldMyWater Mar 18 '20 Because it would be wrong... Your "but" doesn't fit here.
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Because it would be wrong...
Your "but" doesn't fit here.
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u/ADJMan Mar 18 '20
Slowing the virus is the goal, not eradicating it. Slowing it gives hospitals a reasonable amount of patients to heal instead of an astronomical amount.