Which best explains why protecting public health is an important duty of state government?

There are no choices here but the reason why it is the duty of the state government to protect public health is because it starts at the grass-roots level where municipalities as well as city and state officials are the ones responsible for directly monitoring and implementing preventive measures to stop the spread of diseases.

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