{"id":57887,"date":"2022-01-24T15:11:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T20:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=57887"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:17:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:17:58","slug":"fading-hope-of-herd-immunity-omicron-may-be-nearing-peak-and-vaccines-on-the-way-do-we-need-them-dr-david-wohl-discusses-these-topics-in-news-the-week-of-january-14-january-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/fading-hope-of-herd-immunity-omicron-may-be-nearing-peak-and-vaccines-on-the-way-do-we-need-them-dr-david-wohl-discusses-these-topics-in-news-the-week-of-january-14-january-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Fading Hope of Herd Immunity, Omicron May Be Nearing Peak, and Vaccines On the Way&#8211;Do We Need Them? 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