{"652099":{"#nid":"652099","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why is there uncertainty over when we might reach herd immunity?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMedical experts were hoping the Covid vaccines\u0026nbsp;would help the U.S. reach herd immunity, but now there is uncertainty over what it will take to achieve it.\u0026nbsp;Early in the pandemic, healthcare experts estimated we would need 60 to 70% of the U.S. population to have some form of immunity to stop the spread.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/finn\/m.g.\u0022\u003EM.G.\u0026nbsp;Finn\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Chair, and James A. Carlos Family Chair for Pediatric Technology\u0026nbsp;in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;said variants of the coronavirus have thrown a kink in the numbers game.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-26 19:53:17","changed_gmt":"2021-10-26 19:53:17","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/local\/outreach\/why-guy\/covid-19-herd-immunity-why-not-reached-yet\/85-17e5a8b1-795c-4cd9-a73b-3d4107898aae","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","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":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"96831","name":"M.G. Finn"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"12434","name":"Vaccines"},{"id":"187370","name":"herd immunity"}],"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":""}}}