Which best explains why protecting public health is an important duty of state government?

There are no choices here but the reason why it is the duty of the state government to protect public health is because it starts at the grass-roots level where municipalities as well as city and state officials are the ones responsible for directly monitoring and implementing preventive measures to stop the spread of diseases.

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john hunter was a scottish surgeon, he was a early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine,

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peasants’ war, (1524–25) peasant uprising in germany inspired by changes brought by the reformation, peasants in western and southern germany invoked   divine law to demand agrarian rights and freedom from oppression by nobles and landlords. as the uprising spread, some peasant groups organized armies. although the revolt was supported huldrych zwingli and thomas müntzerits condemnation by martain luther contributed to its defeat, principally by the army of the swabian league. some 100,000 peasants were killed. reprisals and increased restrictions discouraged further attempts to improve the peasants’ plight.

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