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Jan 11 2022
News
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
The Flip Side
Nov 20 2020
Headline Roundup
CDC Recommends Against Traveling for Thanksgiving
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending against traveling for Thanksgiving this year, with updated official guidance saying that "Postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others this year." While the new guidance is not mandatory, the CDC's Dr. Henry Walke called it "a strong recommendation." However, some states and local governments
Associated Press
NBC News (Online) 
Washington Examiner 
Jul 28 2021
Opinion
Stop listening to the CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidance once again to recommend that fully vaccinated persons continue to wear masks in certain situations.
Apparently, this reversal was made out of concern for the delta variant, which appears to be more transmissible, though not at all more deadly. That last part is key: Vaccinated persons are not falling seriously ill
Washington Examiner
Jun 20 2021
News
Can the C.D.C. Be Fixed?
So far, there was no national plan for how to move forward. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was advising everyone to wear masks and remain six feet apart at all times. But that guidance was a significant impediment to any full-bore reopening, because most schools could not maintain that kind of distance and still accommodate all their students and teachers. It also left many
New York Times (News)
May 14 2021
News
CDC Mask Guidance
“In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.” (AP News)
Both sides highlight the political implications of the new guidance:
“The political implications of today’s
The Flip Side
Feb 26 2022
News
CDC Significantly Loosens Mask Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend masking indoors, schools included—except in areas with high levels of severe Covid cases—in order to “give people a break from mask-wearing” in lower-risk areas, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced Friday.
The CDC has updated its framework for monitoring communities’ Covid levels, focusing less on overall
Forbes
Feb 23 2022
Headline Roundup
CDC Withheld Large Portions of COVID-19 Data
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has withheld significant amounts of COVID-19 data on hospitalizations and vaccinations.
When the CDC recently published the first significant data on the effectiveness of boosters in adults younger than 65, it left out the numbers for the 18-49 age group. It has also collected data on vaccines and hospitalizations more generally since
Daily Beast
New York Times (News)
The Daily Wire 
Feb 26 2022
Headline Roundup
CDC Eases Mask Guidance For Most US Counties
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that they will no longer recommend masking indoors for most counties across the U.S.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the guidance was changed to "give people a break from mask-wearing" now that the overall risk of severe disease from COVID-19 is now generally lower. Under the new guidelines, which include public
Forbes
Fox News (Online News)
BuzzFeed News
Dec 28 2021
Headline Roundup
CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines
On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that people who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic only need to isolate for five days regardless of vaccination status, rather than the 10 days which was previously recommended.
To justify the change, the agency cited "science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the
Associated Press
The Epoch Times
CNN (Online News)
Nov 19 2021
Headline Roundup
CDC Recommends Booster Shots for All Adults
A CDC advisory panel voted unanimously on Friday to recommend making all adults eligible for booster shots of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine six months after their second dose. The panel also voted unanimously to strongly recommend that people over 50 should get a booster shot. In their deliberations, some panel members pointed to confusion over the current rules about who should get a
Washington Post
New York Post (News)
The Hill