Many newborn babies have a yellowish

Answer choices

1. A

   Weakens2% picked this

   The treatment that most effectively reduces high levels of bilirubin in newborns has no known

   This says something good about the plan to get rid of bilirubin. We're trying to help out the doctors who are saying don't try to get rid of bilirubin. If there were an answer saying, "after all, the treatment to reduce high bilirubin has a lot of negative side effects", that would strengthen the position we're trying to support.

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2. B

   Weakens2% picked this

   Some diseases that occur in newborns can weaken the brain’s natural defenses and allow

   This says something bad about the plan to leave the high bilirubin inside the newborns. The 2nd group of doctors was not too worried about bilirubin getting into the brain and doing damage, but this answer reminds them that there is some danger of the bilirubin getting into the brain. After all, some disease weaken the brain's natural defenses, so those children would be vulnerable.

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3. C

   No Impact2% picked this

   In newborns the pigment bilirubin, like other pigments, occurs not only in the blood but also in

   This just tells us that bilirubin is not only in blood, it's also in digestive juices. That has no effect on this conversation. That's not a reason to reduce high bilirubin nor is it a reason to leave it in the new borns.

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4. D

   Correct93% picked this

   Bilirubin neutralizes certain potentially damaging substances to which newborns are exposed

   Why this is right

   This says something good about the plan to leave the bilirubin inside of the newborns. This is saying that we get a benefit by leaving it in there; it neutralizes potentially damaging substances to which newborns are exposed. So this 2nd group of doctors can say, "the downside of leaving bilirubin in is very small, since it's only scary if it gets into the brain and the brain normally prevents that from happening. Meanwhile the upside of leaving bilirubin in is compelling, because the bilirubin can protect the newborns against damaging substances they're exposed to at birth.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

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5. E

   Weakens, if anything2% picked this

   Among doctors who recommend treating newborns to reduce high levels of bilirubin, there is general agreement about what levels

   Since this is about the 1st group of doctors (the ones who want to reduce high levels of bilirubin), it's not really relevant to the 2nd group whom we are trying to support. Perhaps if we said, "Doctors in the 1st group can't even agree on what constitutes high levels of bilirubin. Thus, we should listen to the 2nd group of doctors and just not worry about trying to reduce bilirubin", then this could strengthen our doctors' position. But since it's saying there is general agreement about what level should be considered too high, this actually helps the position of the 1st group of doctors, if anything.

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