{"633910":{"#nid":"633910","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scientists Discuss COVID-19 with GPB, 11Alive, Kurzgesagt, National Geographic","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPlease note: This page is a compilation of faculty media mentions.\u0026nbsp;For up-to-date information on Georgia Tech\u0027s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) please see\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/coronavirus\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehttp:\/\/health.gatech.edu\/coronavirus\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\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 the spread of the virus in Georgia and whether initial sources of the coronavirus in the state can be tracked.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Sciences faculty \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/crowds-vaccines-climate-comparisons-sciences-faculty-share-covid-19-insights-expertise-media\u0022\u003Econtinue to share\u003C\/a\u003E 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\u003EJoshua Weitz on viral spread modeling\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpbnews.org\/post\/political-rewind-closer-look-georgias-outbreak-numbers\u0022\u003EGPB Political Rewind: A Closer Look At Georgia\u0027s Outbreak Numbers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJoshua S. Weitz\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;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. He was part of a Political Rewind panel that included Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor Kevin Riley, and Dr. Mark Rosenberg, former CEO of the Task Force for Global Health.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWeitz: \u201cWe are connected, and we\u2019re connected in the sense that the steps individuals take to social distance from others to try not to get infected also reduces infection that could affect other people. That really is the core idea of what we\u2019ve done in terms of these models of the epidemic\u2019s spread.\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpbnews.org\/post\/political-rewind-closer-look-georgias-outbreak-numbers\u0022\u003ERead more and listen to the show on GPBnews.org.\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\u003EM.G. 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Finn\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E said backtracking to find the earliest cases of this specific virus could be very challenging.\u0026nbsp;Finn is a professor and the chair of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0022Imagine if you\u0027re looking at a smooth lake and somebody throws a single rock into the lake and you see the waves come out, it is very easy to track those waves back any you will know exactly where the rock landed,\u0022 Finn said. \u0022The problem now is that it is raining pebbles.\u0022\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/health\/coronavirus\/kemp-suggests-covid-19-entered-georgia-before-march\/85-34faf5b1-d0fd-400a-abdc-9706021f8927\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead more and watch on 11Alive.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDaniel Cornforth, James Gurney, Joshua Weitz lend expertise to a widely watched coronavirus video\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/BtN-goy9VOY\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKurzgesagt \u2013 In a Nutshell: The Coronavirus Explained \u0026amp; What You Should Do\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/daniel-cornforth\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDaniel Cornforth\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E, \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/james-gurney\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJames R. 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To date, the video has 20 million views.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BtN-goy9VOY\u0026amp;feature=emb_title\u0022\u003EWatch on YouTube.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoshua Weitz on the mathematics of crowds and viruses \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/2020\/03\/graphic-see-why-small-groups-are-safer-during-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic\/#close\u0022\u003ENational Geographic: See why keeping groups small can save lives in the era of COVID-19\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhy are large events so dangerous in a pandemic? 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