aplanar la curva

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- To reduce the rate of new cases or the intensity of a surge (typically of an epidemic or similar phenomenon) so that demand on healthcare systems or other resources does not exceed capacity.
- To slow and spread out the occurrence of an undesirable peak over a longer period to avoid overwhelming infrastructure or services.
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- To lessen, disperse, or mitigate the peak or rapid increase of any social, economic, or demographic problem by flattening its growth curve.

Examples:

ES: Los países tienen que hacer un confinamiento nacional total para aplanar la curva, y en cierto momento, gradualmente y con precaución, salir del confinamiento.
EN: So countries really have to go on a hardcore national lockdown to really suppress that curve, and then we have to, at some point, gradually and carefully come out of that lockdown.
ES: Tenemos que concentrarnos en aplanar la curva.
EN: We need to focus on flattening the curve.
ES: Necesitamos aplanar la curva en el estado de California.
EN: We need to flatten the curve in the state of California.
ES: Ahora es la última oportunidad de aplanar la curva global.
EN: Now is the last chance we have to bend the global curve.
ES: por "aplanar la curva de personas sin hogar".
EN: What do you do, sir? I do lighting for pornos.