{"655083":{"#nid":"655083","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"When to return to normalcy despite coronavirus reinfection rates","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMany are wondering when the pandemic will end, despite\u0026nbsp;more and more people getting infected, and re-infected, even with their vaccine and booster shots.\u0026nbsp;Some countries in Europe, including Britain, France, and Spain are pushing for a new approach, which is to just accept the coronavirus as part of daily life.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/finn\/m.g.\u0022\u003EM.G. Finn\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;says it\u0026#39;s only a matter of time before the pandemic slows down.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Think of it as if you\u0026#39;re vaccinated and boosted, you are at very low risk of severe disease \u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;that is, being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19, but you can still be infected,\u0026quot; Finn says.\u0026nbsp;The World Health Organization and local health agencies will only declare the pandemic over after certain benchmarks. That could depend on factors such as the virus\u0026rsquo;s contagiousness, the mortality rate, and power to overwhelm hospitals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-02-02 18:03:07","changed_gmt":"2022-02-02 18:03:07","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.cbs46.com\/news\/when-to-return-to-normalcy-despite-coronavirus-reinfection-rates\/article_10a793ce-809a-11ec-99bc-3be37d9a008d.html?block_id=997168","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of 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":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"96831","name":"M.G. Finn"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"763","name":"vaccine"},{"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":""}}}