According to the Trade-Off Hypothesis, Why Are Diseases Like Mumps

question 41

Multiple Choice

According to the trade-off hypothesis, why are diseases like mumps, measles, or chickenpox rather mild?

• A) The viruses reproduce very quickly and die before symptoms get too bad.
• B) Mostly children get these diseases.
• C) They're highly contagious already.
• D) They require direct human-to-human contact to spread so the human hosts can't be too sick to get around.
• E) They require direct contact with infected insects so the human hosts can't be too sick to get around.

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