Scientists and health professionals are talking a lot about ‘flattening the curve’. What does that mean and how can you help?
The idea is to slow the spread of a virus so fewer people need to seek treatment at the same time – so if you are looking at a graph, the peak is smaller. Many countries have implemented social distancing guidelines to try to keep the number of people affected at any one time as low as possible. A slower infection rate can flatten the curve and reduce the stress on healthcare systems with fewer hospital visits on any given day, and no fever-sick people being turned away.
As there is currently no vaccine or specific treatment for COVID-19, the only way to flatten the curve is through collective action. If we reduce our interaction with each other during the pandemic, we limit the spread of the virus.
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› World Health Organisation
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