CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines
Summary from the AllSides News Team
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 course of illness, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after." In addition, the CDC loosened its recommendation for healthcare workers who test positive from 10 days to seven days of isolation. The new guidance comes as the seemingly less severe but more contagious Omicron variant spreads across the country. According to coronavirus data from the New York Times (Lean Left bias), new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are near an all-time high. Hospitalizations have also risen in recent weeks, but are not yet near the levels reached during previous COVID-19 surges in January and September.
The news was covered similarly across the spectrum. Right-rated sources tended to focus more on the evidence that the Omicron variant is less severe than other coronavirus strains.
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US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantineU.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said the guidance is in keeping with growing evidence that people with the coronavirus are most infectious in the two days before and three days after symptoms develop.
The decision also was driven by a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, propelled by the omicron variant.
Early research suggests omicron may cause milder...
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CDC Shortens COVID-19 Quarantine Guidelines for General PopulationThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in a reversal of a previous recommendation, cut the number of days of isolation for Americans who contract COVID-19 from 10 days to five days regardless of vaccination status.
The agency similarly shortened the time that close contacts of COVID-19 need to quarantine. Authorities with the CDC said that its latest guidance is in line with more and more evidence suggesting that those who contract the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus are the most infectious two days before and three days after symptoms emerge.
Meanwhile, the CDC said that...
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CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine timeThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they've tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don't have symptoms -- and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more days.
The CDC also shortened the recommended time for people to quarantine if they are exposed to the virus to a similar five days if they are vaccinated. People who are fully vaccinated and boosted may not need to quarantine at all, the CDC said.
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