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Respiratory system DQ

Respiratory system DQ

Q This week's assignment will be a DB on infections that transmit through the air ie Covid19. It is worth 20 points. 5 points will be taken for each day an initial post or assignment is late. Refer to DB rubric. If your initial post or replies are short, you will lose all the points for that particular metric. 1. Write your initial post by Thursday at 11:59pm which includes the following. a. ID and Summarize an airborne infection that is airborne. (5 pts) b. How does it relate to class content? (3 pts). Identify at least 3 facts that are in your chapter. c. Why did you select the topic? (1 pt) d. Is it controversial and why /why not? (1 pt) 2. Reply to 4 classmates by Sunday 11:59pm (2 pts each)

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The most common air borne infection is Tuberculosis or commonly known as TB. The disease TB is caused by a type of pathogenic microbes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis which are generally small enough that it can be easily invisible and can be discharged from an infected person to another person. The TB is spread out through mucous mainly. So, if a person coughs, sneezes or laughs out loudly, the microbes are discharged with the mucous droplets and can easily be spread out (Churchyard, 2017). The microbes stay in the aerosol in the form of