To Ensure All Students Are Protected from Getting the Flu

question 289

Multiple Choice

To ensure all students are protected from getting the flu this year,your school offers free flu shots.What type of externality exists in this example?

• A) negative consumption externality
• B) positive consumption externality
• C) positive production externality
• D) negative production externality
• E) neutral externality.

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Definitions:

Monocyte

Type of white blood cell; large phagocytic white blood cell that moves from the blood into tissues and becomes a macrophage.

Macrophage

A type of white blood cell that engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances, and pathogens, playing a key role in the immune system.

Infected Tissue

Body tissues that have been invaded by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi, leading to disease.

Prostaglandins

A group of physiologically active lipid compounds having diverse hormone-like effects in animals, such as regulating inflammation and body temperature.