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I'm worried about my sister. In the last several months, she's been in the hospital, and diagnosed with severe asthma. If she gets the virus, she's in trouble. Her husband is on chemo, so he's probably in even worse shape. One of their kids is in high school, the other home from college. I'm not sure of their quarantine regimen right now. And then there's Cindy's brother in law, who is a transplant patient, and is also unlikely to survive an infection.
They've been talking about limiting contact with people, to limit the speed of the spread of the virus. They've been saying "flatten the curve." That is, change it from a taller bell curve of a shorter duration, which would overwhelm the hospitals, which would leave more people dead, to a lower bell curve, which lasts longer.
Given that I think everyone will eventually get the virus, And many people are not destined to survive it, it's much better that we slow the advance. The longer it takes to get around, the more likely it is that they will develop a vaccine before the illness gets to everyone.
They've been talking about limiting contact with people, to limit the speed of the spread of the virus. They've been saying "flatten the curve." That is, change it from a taller bell curve of a shorter duration, which would overwhelm the hospitals, which would leave more people dead, to a lower bell curve, which lasts longer.
Given that I think everyone will eventually get the virus, And many people are not destined to survive it, it's much better that we slow the advance. The longer it takes to get around, the more likely it is that they will develop a vaccine before the illness gets to everyone.
