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Counties with more hospital beds have higher mortality during an outbreak. State the association and assess outbreak response adding beds, outbreak severity affecting \(\text{both}~\text{variables}\), and the claim that beds cause harm.

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Hospital-bed count is associated with mortality, so more beds are proven to cause higher mortality despite the possibility of severe outbreaks.

Hospital-bed count is associated with mortality, but severe outbreaks can lead to more beds and also increase mortality, so the association does not show that beds cause harm.

Hospital-bed count is associated with mortality, but outbreak severity cannot plausibly affect both bed count and mortality.

Hospital-bed count is associated with mortality, but outbreak response adding beds cannot plausibly contribute to the pattern.

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Counties with more hospital beds have higher mortality during an outbreak. State the association and assess outbreak response adding beds, outbreak severity affecting \(\text{both}~\text{variables}\), and the claim that beds cause harm.

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