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2. Recently, there have been many news articles and scholarly publications describing that we need to "flatten the curve" for COVID-19. These are oftentimes accompanied by an image similar to the one pasted below. Answer the follow up questions below about this image. Raising the line while flattening the curve Daily number of confined cases Cases without protective measures Source: Adapted from CDC and Kumar Rajaram, UCLA Overloaded health system Cases with protective Time since first case Goal for increased health system capacity Current health system capacity Vox a. What is the difference between the mean in the standard deviation in the first curve (taller one) and the second curve? b. When they say "flatten the curve" what does this mean in terms of the mean and standard deviation of cases? Be sure to put your answer into context.

2. Recently, there have been many news articles and scholarly publications describing that we need to "flatten the curve" for COVID-19. These are oftentimes accompanied by an image similar to the one pasted below. Answer the follow up questions below about this image. Raising the line while flattening the curve Daily number of confined cases Cases without protective measures Source: Adapted from CDC and Kumar Rajaram, UCLA Overloaded health system Cases with protective Time since first case Goal for increased health system capacity Current health system capacity Vox a. What is the difference between the mean in the standard deviation in the first curve (taller one) and the second curve? b. When they say "flatten the curve" what does this mean in terms of the mean and standard deviation of cases? Be sure to put your answer into context.

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2. Recently, there have been many news articles and scholarly publications describing that we need to "flatten the curve" for COVID-19. These are oftentimes accompanied by an image similar to the one pasted below. Answer the follow up questions below about this image. Raising the line while flattening the curve Daily number of confirmed cases Cases without protective measures Source: Adapted from CDC and Kumar Rajaram, UCLA Overloaded health system Cases with protective measures Time since first case Goal for increased health system capacity Current health system capacity Vox a. What is the difference between the mean in the standard deviation in the first curve (taller one) and the second curve? b. When they say "flatten the curve" what does this mean in terms of the mean and standard deviation of cases? Be sure to put your answer into context.
Transcribed Image Text:2. Recently, there have been many news articles and scholarly publications describing that we need to "flatten the curve" for COVID-19. These are oftentimes accompanied by an image similar to the one pasted below. Answer the follow up questions below about this image. Raising the line while flattening the curve Daily number of confirmed cases Cases without protective measures Source: Adapted from CDC and Kumar Rajaram, UCLA Overloaded health system Cases with protective measures Time since first case Goal for increased health system capacity Current health system capacity Vox a. What is the difference between the mean in the standard deviation in the first curve (taller one) and the second curve? b. When they say "flatten the curve" what does this mean in terms of the mean and standard deviation of cases? Be sure to put your answer into context.
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