{"649063":{"#nid":"649063","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"J\u0026J shot recipients may need a booster; new advice on infected kids","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis Reuters roundup of the latest scentific studies on the coronovirus and Covid-19 vaccines includes new research from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Professor and Tom and Marie Patton Chair in Biological Sciences, and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences in the School of Biological Sciences.\u0026nbsp;In a report recently posted\u0026nbsp;on the medical website\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Wgejaz\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EmedRxiv\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;ahead of peer review, Weitz and his co-authors\u0026nbsp;advise,\u0026nbsp;based on their computer models, that unvaccinated healthcare workers be assigned to work with vaccinated patients. In that scenario, if a healthcare worker becomes infected but does not realize it and shows up to work, \u0026quot;then the chance of onward spread is significantly reduced ... leading to lower rates in the facility as a whole,\u0026quot; says\u0026nbsp;Weitz.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-07-26 18:31:28","changed_gmt":"2021-07-26 18:31:28","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"nutritiiono","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/jj-shot-recipients-may-need-booster-new-advice-infected-kids-2021-07-23\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"11599","name":"Joshua Weitz"},{"id":"183843","name":"coronavirus"},{"id":"186714","name":"Covid-19 vaccine"},{"id":"188359","name":"healthcare workers"}],"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":""}}}