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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 3519759, member: 1414"] Yeah, except that's not what we are seeing. The curve isn't bell shaped. Take it about 1/3 to 1/2 the way to the bottom and then make it horizontal. Essentially, it does not go back to zero at all. I'm not sure when it happened, but "flatten the curve" became misconstrued. Think of two curves one steep, one flatter, but with [U]the same volume under each[/U]. That's closer to the reality. Reducing the steepness of the curve helps avoid overloading the ICU capacity we have, but [B]the same number of people actually get the virus[/B]. They just do it over a longer period of time, and fewer die because the hospitals can keep up. Now several people think we can just stay quarantined forever and wait this out. Not possible. That wasn't the goal. It can't be the goal. [/QUOTE]