{"id":55481,"date":"2021-09-05T09:56:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T13:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=55481"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:14:50","slug":"should-we-focus-on-getting-vaccines-for-kids-or-booster-shots-for-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/should-we-focus-on-getting-vaccines-for-kids-or-booster-shots-for-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Should We Focus on Getting Vaccines For Kids or Booster Shots for Adults?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55482\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD-300x167.png\" alt=\"Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD-1536x856.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD-600x334.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD-301x168.png 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/09\/Wohl-News-Interview-Credit-WTVD.png 1572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Credit: WTVD-ABC 11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/david-wohl-md\/\">David Wohl<\/a>, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, talked with ABC-11 about COVID-19 models and when cases might peak. 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