the great mask debate

One point on the "flatten the curve" thing: as somebody who studied Math for 4 years, that made me concerned. When you flatten a curve, you extend the the range of said curve, and if you have one that peaks very quickly, the range is shortened. Just my observations.
I was talking with one of my customers on Thursday about exactly that. She said pretty much the same thing, that if there was a shutdown of a short period earlier, it would have likely been over by now, instead of getting close to a year of this **** already.