Quarantine restrictions for covid have been lowered.
Rachelle Walensky: “CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the change was also motivated by economic and societal concerns. “With a really large anticipated number of cases [from omicron], we also want to make sure we can keep the critical functions of society open and operating,” she told NPR Tuesday. “We can’t take science in a vacuum. We have to put science in the context of how it can be implemented in a functional society.” Where was this logic during 2019 amid business shutdowns and closings?
“The CDC’s guidance updates come at the end of a long first month with the omicron variant. State and industry leaders have pushed for a reduced isolation period, blaming the lengthy at-home stay for worker shortages that have led to thousands of cancelled flights, postponed sports games and events and restaurant closures.
The change in guidance to the public expands on reduced isolation and quarantine periods for health care workers, introduced last week. Where there are staffing shortages, the CDC recommends infected workers isolate for five days before returning. In crisis times, they say – workers should go to work even if they’re sick with COVID-19.
Full Article: New CDC isolation guidelines raise concerns among health experts | 90.1 FM WABE
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PS: Omicron may be a Godsend in that eveyone is going to get covid, but few, if any, will have life-threatening symptoms. Maybe we will actually reach herd immunity soon???
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