{"646386":{"#nid":"646386","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Political Rewind: As Vaccinations Ramp Up, Health Leaders Tackle Outreach, Persistent Obstacles","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/valerie-montgomery-rice-first-female-president-morehouse-school-medicine-receives-2020-gold-and\u0022\u003EValerie Montgomery Rice\u003C\/a\u003E, President and Dean\u0026nbsp;of the Morehouse School of Medicine who received a B.S. in 1983 from the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, joins GPB host Bill Nigut to talk about a successful\u0026nbsp;initiative to address vaccine skepticism among African-Americans. And as more shots get into arms, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E, School of Biological Sciences professor who has been heavily involved in modeling\u0026nbsp;Covid-19\u0026#39;s spread, speaks on the impact of\u0026nbsp;Georgia\u0026#39;s decision to drop pandemic restrictions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-04-12 16:50:33","changed_gmt":"2021-04-12 16:50:33","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Whistle Bistro","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2021\/04\/09\/political-rewind-vaccinations-ramp-health-leaders-tackle-outreach-persistent","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"177560","name":"Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice"},{"id":"11599","name":"Joshua Weitz"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"12434","name":"Vaccines"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}