Why are social distancing and isolation so important?

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Why are social distancing and isolation so important?

Most, if not all, of us will eventually contract coronavirus. But right now it is essential to maintain social distancing to 'flatten the curve'. These articles explain why.

Julian Talbot

Resources and information about coronavirus

If you share this link and 2 others share it and so on, we use the power of exponential math in our favor. Which seems appropriate given the virus is using that same exponential math against us.

How epidemics like covid-19 end (and how to end them faster)

Health By , and Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. As governments and public health agencies work to treat infected people and control the spread of covid-19, researchers are using mathematical models to estimate how contagious it is and how far it could spread.

Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now

Politicians, Community Leaders and Business Leaders: What Should You Do and When? Updated on 3/13/2020. Now reflects an update on containment vs. mitigation strategies. 26 translations at the bottom. Send me more existing translations in private notes at the bottom. This article has received over 28 million views in the last week.

The Sober Math Everyone Must Understand about the Pandemic

This post is too long. It takes 19 minutes to read according to Medium. It has been viewed 1.9M times in less than 24 hours. You should read it, too. I wrote this post on Facebook on Thursday Night, March 12th 2020.

These simulations show how to flatten the coronavirus growth curve

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