COVID-19: Flatten the Curve with Social Distancing
3 min! Run Time
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Description
Whether you think you're sick or not. It's important that you keep yourself away from other people at this time. Most people who are carrying this virus do not know that they are until after they've been infected for several days. To understand the importance of social distancing, you have to have an understanding of exponential growth. That's what we'll talk about here.
System Requirements
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Frequently Asked Questions
Most people carrying the virus don't know they're infected until after several days have passed, so distancing matters regardless of how you feel.
The course explains exponential growth, since understanding it is necessary to understand why social distancing is so important.
The central message is to keep yourself away from other people at this time, framed around the idea of flattening the curve.
It focuses specifically on the math of spread through exponential growth and distancing, rather than on hygiene actions like handwashing.
No, it explicitly notes that most carriers don't know they're infected for several days, which is the reasoning behind distancing regardless of symptoms.
