{"id":46293,"date":"2020-09-05T09:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=46293"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:59:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:59:26","slug":"weber-explains-testing-recommendations-for-covid-after-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/weber-explains-testing-recommendations-for-covid-after-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"Weber Explains Testing Recommendations For COVID After Exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46301\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/09\/david-weber-wral-interview.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46301 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/09\/david-weber-wral-interview-300x164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/09\/david-weber-wral-interview-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/09\/david-weber-wral-interview-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/09\/david-weber-wral-interview-600x329.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/09\/david-weber-wral-interview-301x165.png 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2020\/09\/david-weber-wral-interview.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"discreet\">David Weber, MD, guest on WRAL.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-weber\/\">David Weber<\/a><\/strong>, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, discussed COVID-19 testing guidance and recommendation with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/coronavirus\/regardless-of-cdc-guidelines-unc-doc-says-people-exposed-to-coronavirus-should-be-tested\/19257911\/\">WRAL.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Weber explained that many people who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 should be tested for the virus even if they don&#8217;t have symptoms, because asymptomatic people or pre-symptomatic people may be infectious, and this is an important part of contact tracing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Weber, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, discussed COVID-19 testing guidance and recommendation with\u00a0WRAL. 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