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Flattening the curve worked — until it didn’t
The US started 2020 by “flattening the curve” — and never came up with a plan for what comes next.
By Dylan Scott@dylanlscottdylan.scott@vox.com Dec 31, 2020, 9:30am EST
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Barack Obama shared it with his tens of millions of Twitter followers. “Flatten the curve” became a public health meme — there was even a Fauci bobblehead that incorporated it — but it was also an urgent call to action.