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While the world is grappling with the deadly coronavirus, there’s a lot of discussion on the “curve” representing the projected number of people who will contract COVID-19 over a period of time. This bell-shaped curve is not about the true numbers, but only predictions. Depending on the infection rate, the curve might be steep, in which the virus spreads at a rapid rate, with the number of cases reaching its peak quickly. It usually experiences a steep fall thereafter.
There has been a widespread call for “flattening the curve”. As we are seeing in Italy, rapid growth rate of the
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