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You will be placed into small groups to complete this discussion activity. As a group, you are expected to review the case study, discuss the prompts, and post a summary of your findings together. Record your virtual group meeting and place the link to the meeting recording on your post to verify group attendance and participation. Set up a time to meet with your group to complete this assignment. (Remember to record your virtual meeting.) During the meeting, review the Protecting Patients and Ourselves Case Study below: A 65-year-old female is driven to the hospital emergency room with severe shortness of breath, cough, and fever. She is also complaining of muscle aches stating, “It feels like I was hit by a truck.” She has a long-standing history of severe lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) requiring home oxygen because of a 45-pack-per-year smoking history. It is January, and she declined influenza vaccination when she was seen by her primary care physician in November. She is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of severe exacerbation of her chronic lung disease. The next day her attending physician decides to test her for influenza. The test is reported back to the floor as a critical value because the result is positive for influenza Type A. She is started on an antiviral medication for influenza. Discuss the following questions: How is influenza contracted? What type of transmission would this be deemed? What signs is the patient describing? What are the symptoms? Is influzena considered a communicable or non-communicable disease? What can she do to better help reduce the spread of infection? What are examples of influenza antivirals? What stage of infection/illness is the patient currently presenting? One person from each group should respond to this discussion with a link to their group’s recording and a summary of the discussion that took place. Include the APA citation for any additional references you use.