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in a small town, ruben is stunned after reading about the global spread of the ebola virus. he decides it is time to take action to prevent future outbreaks from occurring within his own community. in 2016, ruben puts together a pamphlet that educates people about ebola. to validate his information, he uses the following source: cdc (centers for disease control and prevention). 2016. “2014 - 2016 ebola outbreak in west africa.” https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014 - west - africa/. accessed june 2016. why is ruben confident that this is a reliable source? the source contained advertisements of promotional products. the source focused solely on the global spread of other diseases. the information was provided by a governmental source. the author of this source had limited training in public health and policy.

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The CDC is a well - known governmental public health agency. Governmental sources are generally considered reliable as they are often based on scientific research and expert knowledge. Advertisements in a source reduce its reliability, focusing on other diseases is not relevant to the Ebola information reliability, and limited training of the author would make the source less reliable.

Answer:

C. The information was provided by a governmental source.