{"id":57816,"date":"2022-01-10T19:31:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T00:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=57816"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:17:45","slug":"wohl-describes-silver-lining-of-omicron-more-hospital-patients-but-fewer-in-intensive-care-and-other-covid-news-week-of-dec-31-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/wohl-describes-silver-lining-of-omicron-more-hospital-patients-but-fewer-in-intensive-care-and-other-covid-news-week-of-dec-31-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Silver Lining\u2019 of Omicron: More Hospital Patients But Fewer in Intensive Care, and Other COVID News Featuring Infectious Diseases Experts the Week of December 31 &#8211; January 6."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which feature UNC Department of Medicine faculty during the week of December 31, 2021 \u2013 January 6, 2022.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49336\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49336 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/02\/weber-860x574-1-600x400-1-e1613331088676-300x290.jpeg\" alt=\"weber-newsworthy-covid-dec-31-Jan-6\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">David Weber, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/article257061577.html\">The \u2018silver lining\u2019 of omicron: More hospital patients but fewer in intensive care<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dr. David Wohl (The News &amp; 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