According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 39% of American workers do not have paid sick time off from their jobs. Many workers are also discouraged from taking time off from their jobs for any reason, even if the days off are unpaid. What effect might attitudes such as these among employers have on an influenza outbreak in a community? (2 points)
Select one:
a. It would cause the influenza virus to mutate into a less virulent strain as it was passed to others.
b. It would make influenza a major cause of hospitalization and death in the community.
c. It would make the influenza outbreak

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 39% of American workers do not have paid sick time off from their jobs. Many workers are also discouraged from taking time off from their jobs for any reason, even if the days off are unpaid. What effect might attitudes such as these among employers have on an influenza outbreak in a community? (2 points)
Select one:
a. It would cause the influenza virus to mutate into a less virulent strain as it was passed to others.
b. It would make influenza a major cause of hospitalization and death in the community.
c. It would make the influenza outbreak

anonymous · Answer

@Whitemonsterbunny17

whitemonsterbunny17 · Answer

Well its not a because it wouldn't mutate, it would just spread.. and we don't know that it would make people go to the hospital and die.. so it has to be c.
Think.. there's a group of people stuck in one building... then one gets sick and passes it on.. then the sick people go home and pass it on to their family.. and so on... it would cause an outbreak.