Which of the following, if assumed by the author to be true, would provide the most logical explanation of the author's surprise at the reported decline? A. Increased public awareness of a disease usually stimulates efforts to eradicate the disease. B. Increased public awareness of a disease usually leads to an increase in reported instances of the disease. C. An obscure disease may sometimes receive a great deal of publicity even though doctors have begun to suspect that the disease no longer exists. D. The Center for Disease Control typically concerns itself only with diseases that are of public importance. E. It is unusual for the reported instances of a disease to decline sharply after a long period of stability.