{"634944":{"#nid":"634944","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Social Distancing Reduced Virus Spread By 50% In Georgia, Study Finds","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the statewide shelter-in-place order ended, a new Georgia Institute of Technology \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/WeitzGroup\/MAGEmodel_covid19_GA\/blob\/master\/Report\/GA_COVID19_assessment_21Apr2020.pdf\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E projects how many lives have been saved due to strict social distancing measures and projects the fatality rate going forward. The study was led by\u0026nbsp;Joshua\u0026nbsp;Weitz and Stephen Beckett, both professors of biological sciences\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2020-05-01 17:09:02","changed_gmt":"2020-05-01 17:09:02","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 benefits","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/georgia-going-back-to-business-as-usual-could-lead-to-25000-deaths-study-finds\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-05-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}