{"id":2584,"date":"2021-12-21T11:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T14:24:11","slug":"no-question-omicron-will-increase-breakthrough-cases-in-mass-doc-testifies-nbc-10-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/2021\/12\/21\/no-question-omicron-will-increase-breakthrough-cases-in-mass-doc-testifies-nbc-10-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Question&#8217; Omicron Will Increase Breakthrough Cases in Mass., Doc Testifies | NBC 10 Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CEID founding director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia testified before The Joint Committee on COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both Barouch and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, founding director of Boston University&#8217;s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy &amp; Research, said that while vaccines remain the best tool to fight the pandemic, masks and social distancing should be used to add a layer of protection. &#8216;Is it really that hard to require someone to wear a piece of cloth or a good quality mask, at least in the short-term with a good solid off-ramp?&#8217; Bhadelia asked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/no-question-omicron-will-increase-breakthrough-cases-in-mass-doc-testifies\/2592565\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEID founding director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia testified before The Joint Committee on COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management. &#8220;Both Barouch and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, founding director of Boston University&#8217;s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy &amp; Research, said that while vaccines remain the best tool to fight the pandemic, masks and social distancing should be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[12,40],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584\/revisions\/2602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ceid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}