{"id":45763,"date":"2020-08-11T12:43:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=45763"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:58:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:58:58","slug":"unc-launches-in-person-despite-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/unc-launches-in-person-despite-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC Launches In Person Despite Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44761\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 277px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber-267x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber-267x300.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber-301x338.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/08\/david-j-weber.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Weber, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Kevin M. Guskiewicz, the university chancellor, defends the fall launch as safe and consistent with its public mission. He says it was developed with guidance of experts in infectious disease and epidemiology. Himself the father of a Chapel Hill student, the chancellor said he has a personal stake in campus health. &quot;I would never ask the parent of another student to do something I wouldn't do as a parent for my child,&quot; Guskiewicz said in an interview.\">Washington Post<\/a><\/strong> featured UNC&#8217;s in person opening and interviewed UNC Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz who &#8220;defended the fall launch as safe and consistent with its public mission.&#8221;\u00a0 In the article Guskiewicz says was developed with guidance of experts in infectious disease and epidemiology. He added that as a father to a Chapel Hill student, he had a personal stake in campus health. &#8220;I would never ask the parent of another student to do something I wouldn&#8217;t do as a parent for my child,&#8221; he said in the interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-weber\/\"><strong>David J. Weber<\/strong><\/a>, professor of medicine in infectious diseases, pediatrics and epidemiology, who advises the chancellor, said the plan is sound. He said he would not hesitate to recommend a reversal if the situation deteriorates to an unacceptable point. &#8220;We all need to stay flexible,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/article\/UNC-Chapel-Hill-launches-in-person-despite-15475687.php\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post featured UNC&#8217;s in person opening and interviewed UNC Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz who &#8220;defended the fall launch as safe and consistent with its public mission.&#8221;\u00a0 In the article Guskiewicz says was developed with guidance of experts in infectious disease and epidemiology. He added that as a father to a Chapel Hill student, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/unc-launches-in-person-despite-pandemic\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC Launches In Person Despite Pandemic\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":44761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[100,2],"tags":[629],"class_list":["post-45763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infectious-diseases","category-news","tag-629","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UNC Launches In Person Despite Pandemic | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/unc-launches-in-person-despite-pandemic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UNC Launches In Person Despite Pandemic | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Washington Post featured UNC&#8217;s in person opening and interviewed UNC Chancellor Kevin M. 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