Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Rabies

Safety inspector: The number of laboratory samples of rabies virus sent through the university delivery service has recently grown dangerously high. We need to limit this use of the service.

Biologist: There is no need for a limit. The university delivery service has been handling rabies virus samples for 20 years with no accidents.

As a rebuttal of the safety inspector's claim, the biologist's reasoning is flawed in that it

Answer: Does not address the potential for harm that is posed by the recent increased in the number of samples sent through the service.

Difficulty Level: 1

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