{"id":44014,"date":"2020-07-07T09:53:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=44014"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:57:05","slug":"most-covid-19-cases-in-nc-are-now-among-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/most-covid-19-cases-in-nc-are-now-among-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Most COVID-19 Cases in NC Are Now Among Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7101\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 224px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/emily-bennett-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett, PhD, MS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/emily-sickbert-bennett\/\">Emily Sickbert-Bennett<\/a><\/strong>, PhD, MS, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and director of UNC Medical Center Infection Prevention, told the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/coronavirus\/article243897447.html\">News and Observer<\/a><\/strong> that the new positive cases skewing younger means North Carolina is facing more community spread, rather than outbreaks, as more people become more active.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re learning from contact tracing that a lot of these exposures are acquired from the community as people return to lifestyles more similar to pre-COVID times,\u201d said Sickbert-Bennett. \u201cI think there\u2019s a reluctance in our culture to not miss out on fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <strong><a 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