Since the two terms before oversaw a 27% and 26% increase, why would we expect that? At most, the slope is roughly the same since 2009 to 2020, so if you factor

Since the two terms before oversaw a 27% and 26% increase, why would we expect that? At most, the slope is roughly the same since 2009 to 2020, so if you factor out COVID, at best they'd see it as the baseline.