In Alfredian terms, everything we& #39;ve done thus far is just the danegeld; the Great Heathen Army is still here, and as soon as we stop paying it, they& #39;ll go right back on the attack. We need to use this time to burgh up, reform the fyrd, and plan the war. https://medium.com/@wpegden/a-call-to-honesty-in-pandemic-modeling-5c156686a64b">https://medium.com/@wpegden/...

In football terms, we played to spill and forced the back to bounce, but if we stop now it& #39;ll just give up the edge. We need to use the precious time bought by our DE& #39;s dive to B to get the linebackers in pursuit, bring down the safety, and corral the ball with minimum yardage.

In plain English, the question isn& #39;t "When is this over?" it& #39;s "When do we unleash it?" #FlattenTheCurve only buys us time--time we need to use to build up our defenses (testing, tracking, hospital capacity,) offenses (a vaccine) and strategies (outbreak responses).