{"653080":{"#nid":"653080","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"COVID-19 cases rise with Thanksgiving gatherings on the way","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECovid-19 cases are climbing nationally as the U.S. barrels into its second holiday season during the pandemic, with most families planning this year to gather for Thanksgiving.\u0026nbsp;The daily average of new cases stands below 100,000, and almost 200 million Americans are fully vaccinated.\u0026nbsp;But with millions still unvaccinated and cases rising, experts are urging Americans\u0026nbsp;to exercise caution when gathering with others. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECovid-19 Event Risk Assessment Management Tool\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;developed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Professor and Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of\u0026nbsp;Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences, and Blaise Pascal International Chair of Excellence at the Ecole Normale Superieure \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;shows that for\u0026nbsp;events with 50 people,\u0026nbsp;eight states have counties with an at least 95 percent risk level. (The Covid-19 Event\u0026nbsp;Risk Assessment Management Tool is also mentioned in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90700448\/delta-variant-this-online-tool-shows-the-chances-someone-at-your-thanksgiving-gathering-has-covid-19\u0022\u003EFast Company\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/community\/health\/coronavirus\/this-map-shows-the-chances-you-could-catch-covid-19-at-your-thanksgiving-dinner\/\u0022\u003ECBS17 Raleigh\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/11\/18\/covid-risk-thanksgiving-dinner-how-safe-kentucky\/8665999002\/\u0022\u003ELouisville Courier-Journal\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tri-cityherald.com\/news\/coronavirus\/article256034332.html\u0022\u003ETri-City Herald\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/2021\/11\/23\/covid-19-are-thanksgiving-gatherings-safe-this-year-northeast-ohio-akron-canton-wooster-kent-medina\/8732656002\/\u0022\u003EAkron Beacon-Journal\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/health\/2021\/11\/17\/online-tool-measures-iowa-covid-risk-safety-holiday-group-gatherings-2021\/8654453002\/\u0022\u003EDes Moines Register\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-11-22 18:10:12","changed_gmt":"2021-11-29 19:47:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/582438-covid-19-cases-rise-with-thanksgiving-gatherings-on-the-way","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-11-21T00:00:00-05:00","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":"189391","name":"Covid-19 Event Risk Assessment Management Tool"},{"id":"2282","name":"Thanksgiving"}],"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":""}}}