this government seems to be more concerned about it's international reputation than it is in the lives of it's own citizens.

so, it's manipulating it's presentation to conform to expectations erected via social media; they want to broadcast the message that we're succeeding in "flattening the curve", because that's the metric that twitter users are using, however daft it is. and, while they may not be good at understanding reality, they seem to at least be good at understanding twitterspeak.

the convictions of hyper-honest mathematicians aside, in the end, the numbers are going to need to add up. so, this seems foolish - but that's normal, from this government. and, all we can do is sit and wait.