bending the curve

French translation: Inverser la courbe

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English term or phrase:bending the curve
French translation:Inverser la courbe
Entered by: Chakib Roula

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07:54 Feb 14, 2021
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COVID-19 - Medical - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Medical (general), Journalism
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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Inverser la courbe
Definition:
Les politiques en matière d'emploi tentent d'inverser la courbe du chômage pour le faire reculer.
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Chakib Roula
Algeria
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4 +2Inverser la courbe
Chakib Roula


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Inverser la courbe


Definition from own experience or research:
Les politiques en matière d'emploi tentent d'inverser la courbe du chômage pour le faire reculer.

Example sentence(s):
  • Pour inverser la courbe du chômage, des mesures d'urgences ont été prises par le gouvernement fédéral. - My own sentence 

Explanation:
https://www.luipresident.fr/francois-hollande/engagement/inv...
Chakib Roula
Algeria
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 17

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
No  Marcombes (X): incurver la courbe
18 hrs
  -> Merci

Yes  Lionel-N: Je dirais "inverser la tendance", mais le concept est correct. Incurver une courbe est "comique"
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Merci

Yes  Bertrand Leduc
3 days 15 hrs
  -> Merci

Yes  Maïté Mendiondo-George
13 days
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