bending the curve

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07:55 Feb 14, 2021

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English term or phrase: bending the curve

Definition from Fox Baltimore:
(n.) The phrases “bending the curve” and “flattening the curve” are both being used to describe how prevention and cointanment measures are meant to help stop the spread of the pandemic. Bending the curve refers to taking drastic measures so that the number of cases, represented by an exponential curve (the graph of an equation of the form y = ba^x, where a and b are positive constant), changes direction —moving downwards.

Example sentence(s):

Bending the Pandemic Curve: Improving Decision-Making With Clinical Research LWW Journals
“If a Wuhan-like outbreak were to take place in a U.S. city, even with strong social distancing and contact tracing protocols as strict as the Wuhan lockdown, hospitalization and ICU needs from COVID-19 patients alone may exceed current capacity,” they wrote. “We don’t want to go that route,” Rivers told STAT. “So it’s the top priority right now that we bend the curve.” STAT
As I told Dan, the problem is that if 2-3% of the infected individuals need ICU care but no health system on earth is designed to deal with that kind of demand. Hence, if you want the same fatality rate as Taiwan or Germany, it’s all about preventing your ICUs from being swamped. That’s all about bending the curve. Regenexx

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压平曲线

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压平曲线

Definition from vanpeople:
什么是压平曲线？在疫情出现的早期采取措施，延缓疫情高峰期的到来，并减少峰值确诊人数，从而使到医疗系统可以从容应付疫情。

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官员们经常提疫情何时达到高峰或进入平台期，也就是一个国家“压平曲线”的时候。 - nytimes.com
压平曲线意思就是“使流行曲线趋于平坦”，是CDC发起的预防疫情大暴发的一种策略。需要通过特定措施(如社区隔离)使新增病例增长速度控制在医疗系统可以承受的范围内，避免疫情失控。 - guancha.cn

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