Originally Posted by
SteveB
It is reckoned most people (eight out of ten people at a rough estimate) will get Covid-19 in the near or medium term. It is a matter of not having too many people sick, too many needing hospital treatment, and too many dying in a short space of time .
Yea this is basically what is meant by flattening the curve. People still get infected, but over a longer period of time and the health service can manage it.
"The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation" - Henry David Thoreau.