National Health Minister: In November of last year, a rare strain (H4N2v) of influenza was first diagnosed in our country. Since that time, our Centre for Disease Control has surveying doctors to track the virus’s progress. For the months of January-March, doctors treated an average of 6,000 cases per month, and then for the months April-June, that figure had risen to 8,500 diseases per month. This past month, the figure surpassed 9,000. We can conclude, then, that an increasing number of people contract the H4N2v strain of the flu each month.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the health minister’s argument?
(A)Have treatments for the H4N2v virus been successful in curing patients of the ailment?
(B)How many incidences of the H4N2v virus have gone untreated each month?
(C)Is the H4N2v strain of the flu more contagious than more-common strains of the flu?
(D)Are any of the patients who were treated for H4N2v in the April-June period still being treated for the virus this month?
(E)Has the number of diagnosed cases of H4N2v been increasing in neighboring countries?
B
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the health minister’s argument?
(A)Have treatments for the H4N2v virus been successful in curing patients of the ailment?
(B)How many incidences of the H4N2v virus have gone untreated each month?
(C)Is the H4N2v strain of the flu more contagious than more-common strains of the flu?
(D)Are any of the patients who were treated for H4N2v in the April-June period still being treated for the virus this month?
(E)Has the number of diagnosed cases of H4N2v been increasing in neighboring countries?
B
