{"633664":{"#nid":"633664","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Crowds, Vaccines, Climate Comparisons: Sciences Faculty Share COVID-19 Insights, Expertise with Media","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPlease note: This page is a compilation of faculty media mentions. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor up-to-date information on Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) please see\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/coronavirus\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/coronavirus\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECOVID-19 has sent many to seek out the latest information and ask questions about immunology, disease tracking, and how vaccines are developed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Sciences faculty from three schools recently shared insights and expertise in news reports focused on the topic:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EM.G. Finn on vaccine timelines, social distancing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-vaccine-georgia-tech\/85-7468ac20-505d-4fcc-8544-20cc60970c32\u0022\u003EWXIA-TV 11Alive: Coronavirus vaccine coming. But with science, it\u0026rsquo;s a matter of time. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe race is on in labs across the globe to find a vaccine for the coronavirus.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EM.G. Finn, the head of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, said possible vaccines are already in the works.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026quot;I\u0026#39;m quite confident that effective vaccine candidates will emerge,\u0026rdquo; Finn said. \u0026ldquo;That\u0026rsquo;s not the hard part. The hard part is you have to test it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-vaccine-georgia-tech\/85-7468ac20-505d-4fcc-8544-20cc60970c32\u0022\u003ERead more and watch on 11 Alive\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoshua Weitz on mathematical modeling and crowd sizes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/blog\/get-schooled\/scientists-the-math-show-how-large-events-like-march-madness-could-spread-coronavirus\/g1pVdzQgJS5aoPnadBqyXO\/\u0022\u003EAJC: Scientists do the math to show how large events like March Madness could spread coronavirus\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECritics who contend canceling March Madness and other large events to prevent the coronavirus is overkill may change their minds after reading the math behind it.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EJoshua S. Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E is a professor of biological sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology and founding director of the Quantitative Biosciences Ph.D. program at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;His co-authors on this fascinating column are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mmg.natsci.msu.edu\/people\/faculty\/lenski-richard\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003ERichard Lenski,\u003C\/a\u003E National Academy of Sciences member from Michigan State University,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bio.utexas.edu\/research\/meyers\/LaurenM\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003ELauren Meyers\u003C\/a\u003E, infectious disease expert from UT-Austin, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biology.mcmaster.ca\/component\/comprofiler\/userprofile\/dushoff.html\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EJonathan Dushoff\u003C\/a\u003E, infectious disease modeler from McMaster University.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHere, they explain a mathematical model that illustrates why banning large events helps in the midst of an epidemic. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/blog\/get-schooled\/scientists-the-math-show-how-large-events-like-march-madness-could-spread-coronavirus\/g1pVdzQgJS5aoPnadBqyXO\/\u0022\u003ERead more on AJC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUpdated coverage (March 16, 2020): \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/blog\/get-schooled\/georgia-tech-professor-explains-how-social-distancing-slows-spread-covid\/uqoFTDBn2btbfh7T18MwmJ\/\u0022\u003EAJC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUpdated coverage (March 24, 2020): \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-govt--politics\/questions-linger-about-enforceability-atlanta-stay-home-order\/9m7pqq9yH08BoNLKBRX71N\/\u0022\u003EAJC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRelated coverage: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/2020\/03\/graphic-see-why-small-groups-are-safer-during-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic\/\u0022\u003ENational Geographic\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-its-so-difficult-to-stop-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-11584871200\u0022\u003EThe Wall Street Journal\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/elegant-mathematics-social-distancing\/\u0022\u003EWired\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/crosscut.com\/2020\/03\/slow-coronavirus-events-250-plus-people-are-banned-why-250\u0022\u003ECrosscut\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/news-culture-articles\/coronavirus-cancels-atlanta\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKim Cobb on climate change, COVID-19 parallels\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/12\/climate\/climate-change-coronavirus-lessons.html\u0022\u003EThe New York Times: Climate Change Has Lessons for Fighting the Coronavirus\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026ldquo;Alarming levels of inaction.\u0026rdquo; 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