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          • bending the curve
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          • (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. Fox Baltimore
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          • Bending the Pandemic Curve: Improving Decision-Making With Clinical Research - LWW Journals by
          • “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 by
          • 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 by
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          • κάμψη της καμπύλης
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          • σημείο έναρξης της μείωσης των κρουσμάτων της επιδημίας το οποίο στην καμπύλη που απεικονίζει την πορεία της επιδημίας αντιστοιχεί σε αλλαγή της ανοδικής πορείας με κάμψη προς τα κάτω Own research - by Nick Lingris
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          • «Η κάμψη της καμπύλης» και «η μείωση των μολύνσεων» οφείλεται στο γεγονός ότι η κοινωνική αποστασιοποίηση «λειτουργεί και θα πρέπει να συνεχιστεί», τόνισε - skai.gr by Nick Lingris
          • Όπως παρατηρήθηκε και στην Κίνα, σε διάστημα 12 ημερών από την επιβολή καραντίνας στον γενικό πληθυσμό, παρατηρήθηκε και η κάμψη της καμπύλης αύξησης των κρουσμάτων. - alfavita.gr by Nick Lingris
          • «το σενάριο είναι ότι σε 2 εβδομάδες θα έχουμε την κορύφωση και εκεί θα δούμε πώς θα έχουν αποδώσει τα μέτρα που λαμβάνουμε τώρα. Ελπίζουμε ότι θα έχουμε μια κάμψη της καμπύλης». - ThessToday.gr by Nick Lingris
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