Flattening, Flattening

Peter Broelman
Two people face away from a large black wave called 'Climate change'. They look at a graph and say, 'Oh good. We're flattening the curve!'
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Two people face away from a large black wave called 'Climate change'. They look at a graph and say, 'Oh good. We're flattening the curve!'
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