As this author understood it at the time, the purpose of "slowing the spread" was to keep our healthcare system from being overwhelmed. We are past that point now and have been for some time. It wasn't to keep the virus from killing people, it was to keep it from killing MORE people than it otherwise would because of a shortage of hospital beds and equipment. And now look where we are.
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