The idea of flattening the curve with no coordinated plan on how, when, where and what to reopen, with practices varying from county to county and state to state, is so fundamentally flawed that it can’t be called a strategy.

With no vaccine, inadequate testing, no herd immunity, no contact tracing, limited shutdowns in some places and reopenings elsewhere, we are guaranteed a rebound of lots more cases and deaths.

Even the term “flattening the curve” betrays the limitations of our current approach — it’s not about prevention; rather, it’s about delay.