Originally Posted by FlyBitcoin

If their testing capacity changes on certain days of the week, then they will need a full week to determine if the curve is flattening.

Just like a location where testing is still ramping up will delay knowing when the curve is flattening and suffer greater economic and social consequences prior to the realization that distancing measures are working.

When testing is not consistent, we can also look at hospitalized cases as a guide as long as the criteria for hospitalization is not changing on the fly as it is in Italy.