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Do the fully vaccinated need a COVID test if exposed or sick? David Weber<\/a>, MD, MPH, and David Wohl,<\/a> MD, answered this question and more during the week of December 17-23.\u00a0The following clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets.<\/p>\n

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Arkansas\u2019 low vaccination rate setting up omicron surge, experts say<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)<\/p>\n

Some COVID-19 treatments will still work, others won\u2019t as omicron becomes dominant variant<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (CBS17)<\/p>\n

Fact check: How realistic is Cohen\u2019s projection of 10,000 new COVID cases per day at omicron peak?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Weber (CBS17)<\/p>\n

Do fully vaccinated need COVID test if exposed or sick? What to know as omicron spreads<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (The Telegraph)<\/p>\n

Is herd immunity to COVID-19 impossible?<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)<\/p>\n

Long lines at Wake County COVID testing sites as the Christmas holiday nears<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (The News & Observer)<\/p>\n

Local universities prepare ahead of expected Omicron surge<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (WRAL)<\/p>\n

Do fully vaccinated need COVID test if exposed or sick? What to know as omicron spreads<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (Merced Sun-Star)<\/p>\n

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Do the fully vaccinated need a COVID test if exposed or sick? David Weber, MD, MPH, and David Wohl, MD, answered this question and more during the week of December 17-23.\u00a0The following clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets. Arkansas\u2019 low vaccination rate setting up omicron surge, experts say\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":50063,"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":[630],"class_list":["post-57635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infectious-diseases","category-news","tag-630","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWeber, Wohl Answer Media Questions About Omicron, Testing, Herd Immunity and Preparations By Local Universities | 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\/weber-wohl-answers-media-questions-about-omicron-testing-herd-immunity-and-preparations-by-local-universities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weber, Wohl Answer Media Questions About Omicron, Testing, Herd Immunity and Preparations By Local Universities | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do the fully vaccinated need a COVID test if exposed or sick? 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