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cord-342983-7o0slu0z	Killeen, G. F.	A simple arithmetic rationale for crushing the epidemic curve of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) instead of flattening it	2020-05-10		.txt	text/plain	2328	103	43	Here is presented a simple set of arithmetic modelling analyses that explain why preferable crush the "curve strategies", to eliminate transmission within months, would require only a modest amount of additional containment effort when compared to "flatten the curve" strategies that allow epidemics to persist at a steady, supposedly manageable level for years, decades or even indefinitely. Here is presented a simple arithmetic rationale for why preferable crush the curve strategies, to eliminate transmission within months, would require only a modest amount of additional containment effort when compared to flatten the curve strategies that allow epidemics to persist at a steady, supposedly manageable level for years, decades or even indefinitely. 2 From this assumed starting point, a country that contains its epidemic sufficiently to flatten the curve to a plateau, so that the rate of incidence of new infections remains constant, would have achieved a controlled reproductive number (Rc) of exactly 1.0 ( Figure 1A ).	./cache/cord-342983-7o0slu0z.txt	./txt/cord-342983-7o0slu0z.txt