{"id":55476,"date":"2021-09-03T09:41:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T13:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=55476"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:14:47","slug":"how-safe-are-outdoor-events-is-a-lockdown-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/how-safe-are-outdoor-events-is-a-lockdown-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"How Safe Are Outdoor Events? Is a Lockdown Coming?"},"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=\"david-weber\" 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>Eighteen months into the pandemic and there are still a lot of questions out there about everything related to COVID-19. CBS 17 took those questions to health experts to get answers using facts not fear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-weber\/\">David Weber<\/a>, MD, MPH, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, contributed to the question and answer segment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs17.com\/news\/answers-to-your-biggest-covid-19-questions\/\">Read or watch the report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen months into the pandemic and there are still a lot of questions out there about everything related to COVID-19. CBS 17 took those questions to health experts to get answers using facts not fear. 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