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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Definitions:

Behavior

The actions or reactions of an organism or system, often in response to external stimuli, encompassing a wide range of activities and responses.

Survival of the Fittest

A concept in natural selection suggesting that individuals or species that are most adaptable to their environment have a better chance of surviving and reproducing.

Charles Darwin

A 19th-century English naturalist, geologist, and biologist best known for his contributions to the science of evolution by natural selection.

Species

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