R < 1 means we suppress the outbreak and can start #TestAndTrace
R = 1 means a lot of people die, but somewhat fewer than if R>1, and we stay in lockdown indefinitely
R = 1 is not a good outcome.
R < 1 --> "crush the curve"
R = 1 --> "flatten the curve"
I feel like R=1 is a bad enough outcome that the early rhetoric about "flattening the curve" did some real damage to the public's ideas about how to respond to this epidemic.