{"647740":{"#nid":"647740","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Coronavirus Spread Drops Dramatically In St. Louis Park","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECovid-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool,\u003C\/a\u003E conceived in 2020 by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\u0022\u003EJoshua Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Patton Distinguished Professor and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences, is\u0026nbsp;cited in this article to show how vaccinations are impacting Minnesota counties. The planning tool shows the risk of virus transmission based on an event\u0026#39;s size and location. The risk in Hennepin County, MN, of catching the virus at an event with 15 people went from 50 percent in November 2020 to six percent in mid-May. Just under 50 percent of all Minnesotans have\u0026nbsp;been vaccinated.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-05-25 19:11:25","changed_gmt":"2021-05-25 19:11:25","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Top Gun","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/patch.com\/minnesota\/stlouispark\/coronavirus-spread-drops-dramatically-st-louis-park","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"11599","name":"Joshua Weitz"},{"id":"186199","name":"Covid-19 event risk assessment planning tool"}],"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":""}}}