Category: Infectious Diseases
Weber Says Waiting For Full FDA Approval Before Getting COVID-19 Vaccine is a Bad Excuse
David Weber, MD, MPH The record pace at which COVID-19 vaccines were developed led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to grant them emergency use authorization. That action saved many lives from a disease that has killed more than 600,000 thousand Americans and 4 million around the world. “As you know, tens of millions of people have received this vaccine,” said David Weber, M … Read more
Wohl Talks to CBS-17 About Returning to Masks in the Classroom, the Push For More Places to Make the Vaccine Required, and the Potential For COVID Vaccine Boosters
David Wohl, MD Will CDC’s Recommendation For Masks in Schools Lead to a Renewed Mandate in Central NC Classrooms? – July 27, 2021 The CDC now recommends everyone in school buildings wear masks, regardless of vaccination status, as the more contagious delta variant spreads. Most school districts in central North Carolina said they are reviewing recommendations from the CDC. One bi … Read more
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Weber Responds to Updated CDC Mask Guidance
David Weber, MD, MPH CDC Updates Guidance, Recommends Vaccinated People Wear Masks Indoors in Certain Areas To prevent further spread of the Delta variant, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance on Tuesday to recommend that fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors when in areas with “substantial” and “high” transmission of Covid-19, which in … Read more
NC’s Hospital Admissions Trending Younger During Latest 2-Week Rise in COVID Patient Count
David Weber, MD, MPH With the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients across the state reaching its highest level in months, the proportions of those in hospitals are skewing younger, a CBS17.com data analysis found. The findings appear to further illustrate the connection between high vaccination rates and low hospitalization rates — and vice versa — among the nine age groups t … Read more
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Wohl Featured in News and Observer COVID Updates
David Wohl, MD COVID Vaccine Live Updates: Here’s What to Know in North Carolina On July 24 The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Carolina has nearly doubled since early July and is at its highest since mid-May. State health officials said about 94% of new cases are people who are not vaccinated. Many of them are the delta variant, which spreads more easily. David Wohl … Read more
As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Wohl Recognizes the Need to Return to Mask Rules
David Wohl, MD With COVID-19 cases rising, will mask mandates return to North Carolina? A CBS-17 news report says Los Angeles and several California cities have gone back to mandatory mask wearing. Lawmakers in Arkansas and Missouri are also talking about reimposing the restriction. David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, said he believes it’ … Read more
COVID-19 Delta Variant Q & A with Drs. Cindy Gay and David Wohl
David Wohl, MD, and Cindy Gay, MD, MPH Cindy Gay, MD, and David Wohl, MD, are featured in a new video about the COVID-19 Delta variant, vaccine efficacy and mRNA vaccine safety. Dr. Gay is an associate professor in the division of infectious diseases and leads vaccine clinical trials at UNC for the Moderna and Novavax vaccines. Dr. Wohl is professor of medicine in infectious dis … Read more
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Wohl Pens Op-Ed to Encourage Vaccination against Delta Variant
David Wohl, MD Regardless of their rationales, unvaccinated people serve as kindling for the delta fire. David Wohl, MD, professor of infectious diseases, wrote an op-ed titled, “As cases rise, the US is throwing the unvaccinated a lifeline. Take it.” Read his article here.
Congratulations, Graduates!
(L-R) Program coordinator Hunter Davis, Graduates Laura Rachal, Min Kim, Daphne Villanueva, Program Director Michelle Floris-Moore, Graduate Arianne Morrison, and ICHID Director David van Duin at the ID Program Graduation in June 2021. June 30th marked the completion of the ACGME portion of ID fellowship for three ID Fellows, Arianne Morrison, Laura Rachal, and Min Kim; along wit … Read more
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Wohl Contributed to Recent News Stories About COVID-19 Variants
David Wohl, MD NC Medical Schools, Health Systems Forming Network to Analyze Delta Variant The latest data shows the Delta variant represents about 13 percent of COVID-19 cases in North Carolina, but that data is about a month old, according to a CBS-17 news report published July 18, 2021. “It is inevitable this is going to be the dominant virus here very, very shortly,” said Dav … Read more