The Reason Why a Cure to a Disease Such as AIDS

question 49

Multiple Choice

The reason why a cure to a disease such as AIDS would have less elastic demand than a vaccine at every price is that

• A)the vaccine would be more expensive.
• B)the cure would be more expensive.
• C)for a person without AIDS there is a freely available substitute-monogamy with an unaffected partner.
• D)for a person without AIDS there are no substitutes.

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