> I've had people argue that this is containment > rather than flattening the curve, but I think it's > both, it's containment, which is roughly > the limit condition for flattening the curve.

I suppose that's one way of looking at it.

But using the "hammer and the dance" metaphor, if you start the dance (containment) early enough, there is no need to bring the hammer (because no big spike to flatten). https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-th...