Sore Throat? Runny Nose? Common Omicron Symptoms to Know About | NBC 10 Boston
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer discusses what is known about omicron on NBC 10 Boston. “‘It’s clearly causing vaccination breakthroughs,’ Boston Medical Center’s Dr. David Hamer said last week. ‘It’s better able to evade the immune response from vaccination. There’s now evidence from both Pfizer and Moderna that if you have a booster you end […]
Here’s what we know about omicron variant thus far | The Denver Channel
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer “says epidemiologists believe the omicron variant to be 25% to 50% more transmissible than Delta.” “’There have been a number of events that I would call almost super-spreader events where people have been together for a holiday party, and a large proportion of them have become infected,’ Dr. Hamer said.” […]
Boston-area coronavirus wastewater levels surge to record levels amid omicron variant: ‘We’re not done yet’ | Boston Herald
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer provides an update on the COVID-19 wastewater tracker. “’It’s pretty serious,’ said Davidson Hamer, a Boston University specialist in infectious diseases. ‘The wastewater was going down, but now it’s shooting back up again. We’re not done yet.'” Read the full article here
Biden to send millions of free COVID-19 tests, dispatch military to hospitals as experts worry about time already lost | Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer spoke with The Boston Globe about people’s attitudes toward COVID-19 restrictions. “People are just tired of having things loosened up a little bit only to turn around a few months later and say, ‘Oh, you can’t do these things, you have to go get tested, you have to put your […]
NFL could become trend-setter for COVID-19 testing policies | Associated Press
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer shared his thoughts on the NFL’s response to the omicron variant. “’The other side is that they’re going to have more players that are out there that are infected that are potentially transmitting to other players and leading to a greater burden of infections,’ said Dr. David Hamer, professor of […]
Omicron Takes Over as Dominant Strain in Mass. | NBC 10 Boston
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer was featured on NBC 10 Boston with the latest on the omicron variant. “Preliminary data from South Africa, where omicron was first detected, indicates the strain of the virus could cause less severe symptoms, according to Boston Medical Center’s Dr. David Hamer.” Read the full article here
‘Tuesday is too late’: Health experts urge Biden to move faster amid Omicron threat | Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer is featured in the Boston Globe: “Dr. Davidson Hamer, a physician at Boston Medical Center and a Boston University epidemiologist, said Biden has to help people overcome fatigue with the pandemic and the restrictions it imposes on daily life. Putting more vaccine shots into arms needs to be a priority […]
What’s the latest on omicron for Massachusetts residents? One infectious disease specialist weighs in | GBH News
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer spoke with GBH News reporter Mark Herz about the latest on omicron. “I’m very concerned about holiday get-togethers, family gatherings and the like — I was concerned already before a few weeks ago because of the surge post-Thanksgiving. But if omicron is really moving in and starting to establish itself […]
CEID Experts Weigh In on Omicron
The first U.S. case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant was reported earlier this week. Given the lingering questions about the spread of Omicron amidst the holiday season, here’s a roundup of what some of our CEID faculty experts had to say: Dr. Nahid Bhadelia joined Ayman Mohyeldin on MSNBC to discuss the emergence of Omicron […]
Colleges consider more restrictions as Omicron outbreaks increase, but concerns about student mental health give pause | The Boston Globe
CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer comments on how colleges and universities are reacting to the Omicron variant. “David Hamer, a professor of global health and infectious disease specialist at Boston University, said that so far BU has not seen any cases of Omicron, but that university officials expect it will arrive at some point, likely […]