Individuals with certain respiratory ailments or immunocompromising conditions might have a reduced ability to fight oral pathogens responsible for respiratory infection because prophylactic use of their inhalers failed to work.
A) Both the statement and reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and reason are correct but NOT related.
C) The statement is correct,but the reason is NOT.
D) The statement is NOT correct,but the reason is correct.
E) NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.