Shоrt Answer: Yоu hаve this оne friend; you know the type. The kind who tаlks аs though they know everything, but much of the time they really don’t. Well, when the pandemic hit, they started talking about how viral growth in any condition is exponential, i.e. looks like the graph shown. Ok, you know better than that! You’ve taken Micro! You’ve studied viral growth curves! Kindly explain to your friend two obvious things they have wrong about the graph when growing viruses in a lab setting both at the beginning and at the end of the graph, and explain why (and give proper terminology). Because your friend has a fragile ego, start your explanation by describing what they got right about the steep curve (why is the fact that it is such a steep curve correct?), and what that steep part of the viral growth curve is called. (1.5 points)