The publication of the national epidemiological model recently spread fear and dismay as it forecasts 40,000 deaths by November from Covid-19, with 1-million people falling ill. This sort of projection risks creating the perception that we cannot limit the contagion — that flattening the curve just means spreading out the timeline of people contracting Covid-19. It has become a reference point for the argument that we should just get on with our lives and drop the heavy burden of seeking to prevent infections...