Posted on 12/27/2021 2:38:48 PM PST by Cecily
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for 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 illnesses than earlier versions of the coronavirus. But the sheer number of people becoming infected — and therefore having to isolate or quarantine — threatens to crush the ability of hospitals, airlines and other businesses to stay open, experts say.
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“I’m not sure if we can still get away with the old tricks. Let’s try a new trick instead. I bet the rubes will fall for this one.”
U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days,
You mean...Like the Effin Flu?
Sorry ass jackasses...
And they wonder why no one believes anything. All rules completely arbitrary and no science or rationale. Hospital probably least safe place to be- vaccinated staff, no masks, less isolation and no quarantine just passing it on to sick and vulnerable
It’s all arbitrary, meaning it’s all made up.
The good news is that the cdc wouldn’t be believed if they said that water was wet.
Do you smell what I smell? Fear from the “Scientists “.
“We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying.”
The gig is up. February 1
In many cases, employers were paying for 10 days of quarrantine for employees. That gets expensive now that Omnicron is a raging inforno.
What’s happening on February 1?
I do know that I no-longer trust the CDC. At all.
Rule # 1 - NO “testing”!*
*unless absolutely unavoidable for gainful employment; NOT because you want to visit some entertainment or sporting venue or have a mild sniffle and “just want to make sure”
Covid’s done…like dog’s dinner.
That was my first thought, too. “Well, looks like it’s just gonna be endemic now, which means it’s weak enough to be the, you know, flu.” Lord, I do hate me some “scientists”.
Nothing like science driving decisions. It's all been a fiction from the minds of children and it doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Who would ever take someone from the government serious about anything medical related ever again?
“Funny how they decide to shorten the recommended quarantine when the new variant threatens to swamp the whole economy.”
Tell’s me they know the new variant is weak.
Why Feb 1?
The giveaway that it is arbitrary is that it is so neatly just cutting it in half. Nature rarely is that neat. If they really were studying transmission rates and such and learned that 10 days (a nice round number in and of itself) is too long it is far more likely that they'd end up with results like "at the 95% confidence interval we are at 6.28 days..."
That is "just happens" to be one half of the previous interval indicates neither number is really based on science. Just what they think they can sell.
What is happening on February 1?
Yep. After thousands of flights cancelled and all of a sudden they begin to treat it like the flu/common cold.
They want to appear to be experts, but have destroyed every bit of credibility they have among sane people.
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