Read the quote.

“Most people in rural areas are farmers, and when you have a disease like Guinea worm [a parasite], you are incapacitated, unable to continue with your work. By preventing the hundreds of thousands of cases that we do each year, we are freeing up that many more people to farm so that they will have food and be able to take care of their families.”

—Emmanuel Miri

Based on the quote, how can widespread disease affect a country’s economy?
A.
It can hurt the economy by removing people from the workforce.*****

B.
It can help the economy by creating new jobs in health care.
C.
It can hurt the economy by making people stay in agriculture.

D.
It can help the economy by increasing the availability of food.

8 answers

I can say B

I mean it can help Doctors and Nurses make more money since more people are getting ill, but what about work. Like let's say a grown man works as a farmer. If he gets ill, then not only does he lose money because he is not working but also that's one less farmer to tend and deliver crops for us.

B is wrong.

I think it's A.

I think its A to.

whats the answers to all of them

yea the answers A

i think its a