(B) says, "It is accurate to say that 5,000 lives have been saved as long as 5,000 people who would have died in a given year as a result of not changing their diet, did not do so even if they died for some other reason."
(B) helps to clear things up and make Leona's argument stronger. It's possible that the people could be saved from death by egg consumption but still die in the 10-year period from another type of ailment or cause.
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