curve flattening
Slowing peak onset
Curve flattening is the effort to slow the spread of an infectious disease so that cases are distributed over a longer period rather than spiking sharply.
The goal is to prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed by too many patients at once.
The phrase became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic: We need to flatten the curve by staying home.
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- mitigationReduction of severity
- community spreadDisease circulating locally, source unknown
- hospital capacityTotal available patient spots
- infection rateSpeed of disease spread
social distancing · decrease · economic slowdown · pandemic · bend · pandemic response · public health · gradient · herd immunity · bond market · interest rate · federal reserve · slope · inflection point · vaccination campaign · tangent · monetary policy · asymptote
- bond strategiesladdering, immunization, roll down, flattener, carry trade
- yield curvesinversion, steepening, short end, belly
curve flatteningexponential growth
Quantity multiplying proportionally over time
surge · spike · rapid spread
curve flatteningdisease eradication
Permanent global elimination of pathogens
curve flatteninglet it rip
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