CDC Guidance

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [last] Tuesday explained the scientific rationale for shortening its COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations [from 10 days to 5], and clarified that the guidance applies to kids as well as adults. The CDC also maintained that, for people who catch COVID-19, testing is not required to emerge from five days of isolation — despite hints from other federal officials that the agency was reconsidering that.” AP News

“The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took a calculated gamble [last] Friday as she sought to assume greater control over confused public health messaging about the coronavirus as the pandemic enters its third year. Rochelle Walensky held her first solo covid-19 news conference since becoming the chief of the public health agency nearly a year ago, vowing that it would be ‘the first of many.’” Washington Post

Many on both sides criticize the administration for a lack of transparency and available tests.