But wasn't the point of flattening the curve to make sure we could handle the rate of illness so that the hospitals would not get overwhelmed which would result in even more people dying of COVID-19 as well as other illnesses? I mean, keeping hospitals from getting overwhelmed wasn't an end unto itself. It was a means to prevent even more deaths. So I don't see the issue with those signs. Saving lives, or at least not letting as many dies is the goal. So I don't see where the goal posts have been moved. Even the Governor didn't say that we had to get to zero. What he said is that there are parts of the state that have not flattened the curve so we need to keep the same order we have (which actually doesn't close all non-essential businesses. It just limits how they can do business.).
I'm not sure that it was necessary to extend for two weeks, but it wasn't done because he moved the goal posts. It was done because he didn't think we could get the ball through the goal posts from where we are.