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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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With vaccines available and restrictions relaxed, many people are eager to shop for holiday gifts in-person this season. Others are struggling to understand the risks of contracting COVID as the pandemic enters a new phase of uncertainty. Stephen Beckett, research scientist with the School of Biological Sciences, works on Georgia Tech's COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool, which can help shoppers gauge the risk of infections in groups of all sizes. “Actions such as mask wearing, reducing event sizes, or avoiding large events, getting vaccinated, being outdoors rather than indoors, or in areas with high quality air ventilation, can all help mitigate the risk that an individual will become infected and risk spreading COVID-19 in their community," Beckett says.
