how all these effects of covid 19 will help strengthen your community
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History shows that taking strong steps now to slow the spread of coronavirus will help communities and individuals.
A blue and yellow graph explaining the concept of flattening the curve for coronavirus: how many people are sick at once, number of sick people if we don't stop the spread, how many very sick people hospitals can treat, number of sick people if we take steps to control the spread, how long the virus has been spreading
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Cruises and flights canceled. Colleges and universities sending students home to watch lectures online. Public schools closing. Offices asking people to telecommute. Concerts, parades, festivals and sporting events postponed.
Is all of this really necessary for the coronavirus? Are public health officials overreacting to the threat posed by the virus that causes the disease COVID-19?
It’s absolutely necessary, because it’s worked in the past, says medical historian Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., a University of Michigan expert who has studied the effects of similar responses to past epidemics.
“An outbreak anywhere can go everywhere,” he says. And right now, “We all need to pitch in to try to prevent cases both within ourselves and in our communities.”
It’s called “flattening the curve,” a term that public health officials use all the time but that many Americans just heard for the first time this week.