Aricela is writing a paper about food-related illnesses. In her paper, she claims that food poisoning is something that affects most of the population yearly. She found the following information from the US Department of Health and Human Services. One in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. That’s about 48 million people. Most of them will recover without any lasting effects from their illness. For some, however, the effects can be incredibly harmful and even deadly.

–"Long‐Term Effects,”

US Department of Health & Human Services

Based on the new information Aricela discovered, she should adjust her claim to:

emphasize that very few people get food poisoning each year.
explain that food poisoning is harmless and easy to recover from.
indicate that millions of people are affected by food poisoning every year.
stress that food poisoning could possibly be fatal to all Americans each year.

Aricela is writing a paper about food-related illnesses. In her paper, she claims that food poisoning is something that affects most of the population yearly. She found the following information from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

One in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. That’s about 48 million people. Most of them will recover without any lasting effects from their illness. For some, however, the effects can be incredibly harmful and even deadly.

–"Long‐Term Effects,”

US Department of Health & Human Services

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