{"648129":{"#nid":"648129","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why will the COVID-19 pandemic impact our next flu season?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsually, information collected during past flu seasons help determine which variants\u0026nbsp;influenza\u0026nbsp;vaccines need\u0026nbsp;to cover during the next season. But efforts to control the pandemic in 2020 meant more masking and social distancing, and that resulted in fewer flu cases. That means \u0026nbsp;less information for the next round of flu shots, says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/finn\/m.g.\u0022\u003EM.G. Finn\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Professor and Chair, and James A. Carlos Family Chair for Pediatric Technology in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. Finn still recommends getting those flu shots later this year, as they will still help prevent illness.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-06-15 16:13:57","changed_gmt":"2021-06-15 16:13:57","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"system building","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.13wmaz.com\/article\/news\/health\/covid-19-impact-of-flu-season\/85-15577759-7ddf-4dbd-aa1d-36f4e25f9d98","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"139311","name":"M"},{"id":"188069","name":".G. Finn"},{"id":"14407","name":"flu vaccines"},{"id":"177514","name":"flu season"},{"id":"729","name":"pandemic"}],"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":""}}}