Self-quarantine and canceling big events is necessary in stopping the spread of coronavirus. Here's what 'flattening the curve' means.
Why do experts think that quarantines and canceled events are a good idea for getting control of the spread of the coronavirus, especially when it involves people who are not sick?Health officials are trying to avoid a rapid spike of cases that could overwhelm the health care system by "flattening the curve," or spreading out the number of coronavirus cases over a longer period.“Whenever you have an outbreak that you can start seeing community spread ...
If it happens too quickly, there will not be enough hospital beds or ventilators for treating all patients. More people will die.In the worst case scenario, the daily number of cases jump dramatically, rapidly forming a tall peak that breaks through the critical line marking the capacity of the health care system. The reality is stark: Too many cases too soon and they overwhelm the hospitals.
In flattening the curve, the goal is not so much to reduce the total number of people getting sick but to slow the rate at which they do. “Our best guess is that most people are going to get this virus at some point, there’s not much we can do about that without effective vaccines," Gurley said."But our ability to appropriately treat patients and for society to accommodate and care for these patients and cope is much better if infections don’t occur all at the same time.”
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