649273 external_news 1628179550 1628198853 Masks and vaccines have reemerged as topics for debate in recent weeks as cases rise again — there were 2,568 confirmed cases in Georgia as of Friday, up from 355 on July 1, according to state health department data. "In the absence of mandates, we are receiving late-breaking aspirational messaging, which the virus won’t care about," says Joshua Weitz, professor and Tom and Marie Patton Chair in the School of Biological Sciences, and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences.

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