6. In epidemiology, the basic reproduction number of an infection is
the expected number of cases directly generated by one case of the
infection. How would you expect the basic reproduction number of
an infection to influence the marginal social benefit of research
efforts aimed at finding a vaccine against the infection?
If the basic reproduction number of COVID-19 increases, then the
marginal social benefit of research efforts to find a vaccine would most
likely
A. decrease
B. increase
C. not change