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Over the period of a few days, a hospital receives an overwhelming increase in the number of patients with food poisoning.
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How would a scientist respond to this increase in sick patients?
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by giving the patients vitamin injections and prescribing a medication to calm their stomach and
bowel symptoms
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foods each patient ate and identifying patterns of overlap
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by examining the type and source
within the foods consumed
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by recording the patients' symptoms in their medical records and advising them to get rest and
drink fluids
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by providing kind words, nurturing, and emotional support to the patients and asking them about
their feelings
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Answer:

A scientist's response to the increase in food poisoning sick patients should be examining the type and source within the foods consumed.

Explanation:

Food poisoning involves the effects that decomposed or contaminated food can have on a group of people who eat it, and can cause illness in all or most individuals.

Although patients' symptoms should be treated and preventive education provided, the best course of action for a scientist is to investigate the cause.

The response of a scientist to the increase in food poisoning cases is to determine the type and source of food, as well as the nature of the alteration it has -decomposition, contamination, bacteria- in order to eliminate the source and avoid new cases.

  • The other options may be valid in the face of the appearance of food poisoning cases, but they are not the best procedure with which a scientist would respond.