{"id":72641,"date":"2022-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/01\/17\/from-social-media-dr-lawlers-best-projections\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:53:11","slug":"from-social-media-dr-lawlers-best-projections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/01\/17\/from-social-media-dr-lawlers-best-projections\/","title":{"rendered":"From social media: Dr. Lawler&#8217;s best projections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>From the<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNMC_GCHS\/status\/1482057586086133761\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00a0UNMC Global Center for Health Security, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0UNMC Global Center for Health Security<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter with insights from James Lawler, MD, co-executive director of the global center\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNMC_GCHS\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"@UNMC_GCHS, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noopener\">@UNMC_GCHS<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When will Nebraska&#8217;s Omicron wave of cases and hospitalizations peak? 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