Well I take “growth” to be a “rate” (the velocity). So a “growth rate” would be acceleration. That death curve is now flat for the last two samples, implying

Well I take “growth” to be a “rate” (the velocity). So a “growth rate” would be acceleration. That death curve is now flat for the last two samples, implying the rate is zero. The graph should be labeled deaths/million/day, which means the acceleration is zero and the velocity is constant. Sorry, just drives me bonkers when the media tosses about words such as “the economy grew at a rate of ....”. I suppose English is more confusing with “Billy grew 10 cm” (implied over a year), compared with “Billy is growing 10 cm/year”.