The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended against vaccinating the whole population against the smallpox virus because the vaccination has undesirable, and sometimes fatal, side effects. Suppose the accompanying table gives the data that are available about the effects of a smallpox vaccination program.
a.Calculate the marginal benefit (in terms of lives saved) and the marginal cost (in terms of lives lost) of increasing the percentage of the population vaccinated from20% to 30%. In addition, calculate the net increase in human lives.
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