# The curve is flattened enough

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curve-is-flattened-enough/854050
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone
**Tags:** covid-quarantine
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curve-is-flattened-enough/854050 "2020-05-18T17:53:15Z")
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### Author: ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curve-is-flattened-enough/854050/97 "2020-05-21T05:27:26Z")

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> [@SayTwo](#):
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> Given how similar all those curves look, maybe it’s not ‘just lockdowns and social distancing’.

Did you actually go to the link? Do [Sweden](https://www.endcoronavirus.org/countries?itemId=jm1zizzfvqwitbzub87t4uwzmzqr88) and [Taiwan](https://www.endcoronavirus.org/countries?itemId=9l3d7c8wplpowrqw5ff6d18fgwt9q1) look similar?

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