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Hi Dave!
I wanted to pick E, but decided not to because the passage says there are "no serious side effects" and it is "effective". Since the spread of a deadlier form of chicken pox seems to me to be a serious side effect, and resistance shows it is ineffective - I went with C. I guess I assumed I couldn't go against what the passage said.
For C, I thought that if the drug can't stop the spread of the disease even when the person is cured, that would be a danger.
Can you help me understand:
1. Why C doesn't warrant a danger.
2. In general, is it okay to pick an answer when it seems to go against what the passage states.
Thanks. :)
If true, (C) would be bad, but its widespread use doesn't create any danger—chicken pox spreads without (C), or it spreads with (C). Thus, (C) has no net effect (except that it does cure chicken pox if you take it).
It is never OK to pick a choice that contradicts the passage (unless you've explicitly been asked to do so!).
(E) does not contradict the passage, though. The development of new and deadly forms of chicken pox would be clearly dangerous, but such an outcome cannot properly be called a side effect. Side effects are the secondary effects that a drug has on the patient's body (the way antihistamines make you sleepy, for example). Here, we're talking about a different category of outcomes.
Clearer?