8. The Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)recommended against vaccinating the whole population against thesmallpox virus because the vaccination has undesirable, and sometimesfatal, side effects. Suppose the accompanying table gives the data that areavailable about the effects of a smallpox vaccination program.Percent of populationvaccinated0%102030405060Deaths due tosmallpox20018016014012010080Deaths due to vaccination sideeffects041018335074a. Calculate the marginal benefit (in terms of lives saved) and the marginalcost (in terms of lives lost) of each 10% increment of smallpoxvaccination. Calculate the net increase in human lives for each 10%increment in population vaccinated.b. Using marginal analysis, determine the optimal percentage of thepopulation that should be vaccinated.

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8. The Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) 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.

8. The Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) 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.

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