Stop Trying to Flatten the Covid-19 Curve. It’s Time To ‘Crush’ It.

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The Covid-19 numbers are sobering. There are more than 278,000 confirmed cases in the U.S. and more than 7,100 deaths. The White House is recommending social distancing for 30 days to flatten the curve. Maybe the goal should be not to flatten, but to “crush the curve.”

That’s what Dr. Harvey Fineberg suggested in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.