Outbreaks of Rift Valley fever occur irregularly in East Africa, several years apart. When
outbreaks do occur, they kill thousands of cattle. A livestock vaccine against the disease
exists but is rarely used. It is too expensive for farmers to use routinely, and since it is not
effective until a month after vaccination, administering it after an outbreak begins helps
very little. Nevertheless, experts predict that use of the vaccine will increase significantly
within the next few years. Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest
justification for the experts' prediction?
A. Rift Valley fever is spread by mosquitoes, but each outbreak is so widespread that it is
impractical to control it by using insecticides.
B. When an outbreak of Rift Valley fever occurs, unaffected countries often refuse to import
livestock from the countries affected by the outbreak.
C. It would take less than a month for producers of the vaccine to adjust their production
operations to cope with a large increase in demand.
D. Many cattle farmers in East Africa are nomadic or live in remote villages, and such farmers,
who have little access to modern veterinary medicine, are particularly hard hit by outbreaks
of Rift Valley fever.
E. Recently published research has shown that certain identifiable climatic conditions are
almost invariably followed, within two to five months, by an outbreak of Rift Valley fever.
Why the answer not A and why it is E? Can someone plz help
outbreaks do occur, they kill thousands of cattle. A livestock vaccine against the disease
exists but is rarely used. It is too expensive for farmers to use routinely, and since it is not
effective until a month after vaccination, administering it after an outbreak begins helps
very little. Nevertheless, experts predict that use of the vaccine will increase significantly
within the next few years. Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest
justification for the experts' prediction?
A. Rift Valley fever is spread by mosquitoes, but each outbreak is so widespread that it is
impractical to control it by using insecticides.
B. When an outbreak of Rift Valley fever occurs, unaffected countries often refuse to import
livestock from the countries affected by the outbreak.
C. It would take less than a month for producers of the vaccine to adjust their production
operations to cope with a large increase in demand.
D. Many cattle farmers in East Africa are nomadic or live in remote villages, and such farmers,
who have little access to modern veterinary medicine, are particularly hard hit by outbreaks
of Rift Valley fever.
E. Recently published research has shown that certain identifiable climatic conditions are
almost invariably followed, within two to five months, by an outbreak of Rift Valley fever.
Why the answer not A and why it is E? Can someone plz help
