@VikingKong@fosstodon.org @hund@linuxrocks.online It's not a movement.

The idea is that a lot of people are going to get infected either way but, if it happens too quickly, it will overwhelm the healthcare system's ability to keep up with demand and doctors will have to choose who lives and who dies when there isn't enough to go around.

Spreading it out over a longer period of time allows:

1. Hospitals to scale up by doing things like acquiring more ventilators.

2. Some people to recover (or die despite doctors' efforts) and free up space for new arrivals