Sigh... the very first line of your link says the number of weekly new cases are increasing each week... 846 compared to 647 last week. If the trend continues in to next week the number of new cases next week would be 1106 and the week after that 1438 and after that 1869 and then 2430 new cases per week etc
At this rate new cases double in less then 3 weeks.
That's exponential growth... get it?
Don’t sigh too heavily. Your reasoning is flawed.
You previously stated that an upward trend is the definition of exponential growth. That’s not so. An upward trend just indicates growth. Could be linear, could be exponential.
Secondly, you can’t just look at a snapshot of two data points (846 and 647) (from a month ago too!) and infer exponential growth. Get it? 😀
The data from late August to mid/late October demonstrates linear growth. Having said that, the growth in weeks 43 and weeks 44 (ending Oct 31) and the daily numbers reported since might indicate exponential growth. Time will tell. Will Dr Bonnie’s measures flatten the curve? Time will tell.