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Comments suggesting the CDC is telling sick people to go to work or airports are not consistent with the recommendations. The CDC is recommending people stay h

Comments suggesting the CDC is telling sick people to go to work or airports are not consistent with the recommendations. The CDC is recommending people stay home/isolate during fever and symptoms, and consider returning to work after the fever breaks and symptoms start to improve. FTA: "The CDC acknowledged that the eased isolation guidance will create 'residual risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission,' and that most people are no longer infectious only after 8 to 10 days. As such, the agency urged people to follow additional interventions—including masking, testing, distancing, hygiene, and improving air quality—for five additional days after their isolation period." Given that many people were ignoring the prior advice before this advice came out, I doubt it will effect little change. The same recommendations should have been applied to all influenza-like-illness even before Covid, but people mostly just try to work until they can't, then stay home until they can, and come back to work anyway.

PaulKeeble 3y ago
The problem is people are infectious for up to 16 days and almost all are still infectious on day 12. Its not a policy based on the reality of the virus or the disease it causes.
- projektfu 3y ago
  I will agree with those numbers if you're including the incubation (presymptomatic) period which is quite long with COVID-19, estimated at 7 days on average.[1] Unfortunately that just stresses how little we can accomplish in preventing spread after someone has symptoms. They were already contagious (perhaps 1-4 days) before the onset of symptoms. 10-day isolation periods after infection don't reflect the reality of the virus either, and permanent isolation forever even less so. Like I said, I don't expect anything to change from this new guidance. They have different guidance for healthcare settings and very few people were following the previous general guidance anyway. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396366/
leotravis10 3y ago
Sadly, this is what Corporate America ultimately lobbied hard for this and the CDC has caved to them. I'm sure this is a move to exploit workers even more, causing more preventable permanant sickness (Long COVID) and deaths as a result. [1] [2] [1] https://skepchick.org/2024/02/the-cdc-gives-up-on-covid-19/ https://skepchick.org/2024/02/the-cdc-gives-up-on-covid-19/ [2] https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/112021781878554992 https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/112021781878554992

PaulKeeble 3y ago

The problem is people are infectious for up to 16 days and almost all are still infectious on day 12. Its not a policy based on the reality of the virus or the disease it causes.

projektfu 3y ago
I will agree with those numbers if you're including the incubation (presymptomatic) period which is quite long with COVID-19, estimated at 7 days on average.[1] Unfortunately that just stresses how little we can accomplish in preventing spread after someone has symptoms. They were already contagious (perhaps 1-4 days) before the onset of symptoms. 10-day isolation periods after infection don't reflect the reality of the virus either, and permanent isolation forever even less so. Like I said, I don't expect anything to change from this new guidance. They have different guidance for healthcare settings and very few people were following the previous general guidance anyway. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396366/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396366/

leotravis10 3y ago

Sadly, this is what Corporate America ultimately lobbied hard for this and the CDC has caved to them. I'm sure this is a move to exploit workers even more, causing more preventable permanant sickness (Long COVID) and deaths as a result. [1] [2] [1] https://skepchick.org/2024/02/the-cdc-gives-up-on-covid-19/ https://skepchick.org/2024/02/the-cdc-gives-up-on-covid-19/ [2] https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/112021781878554992 https://med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/112021781878554992