Term Goes Viral – Why 'Flattening the Curve' Really Matters

A sign reminding people to wash their hands is pictured outside a dormitory at a coronavirus quarantine site in Washington State. (Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images)

By    |   Friday, 13 March 2020 05:55 PM EDT ET

In President Trump’s Friday news conference, infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and others repeatedly referred to “flattening the curve” as a way to combat the novel coronavirus.

So why flatten the curve? How do you do it? And why is a flat curve better than a pointy one?

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In President Trump's Friday news conference, infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and others repeatedly referred to "flattening the curve" as a way to combat the novel coronavirus.So why flatten the curve? How do you do it? And why is a flat curve better than a...
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