Posted on 12/30/2021 5:07:56 PM PST by lightman
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky explained that the recent decision to shorten the isolation period for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases was based on what the federal government “thought people would be able to tolerate.”
The latest CDC guidelines were released this week, shortening the 10-day isolation period to five days for individuals who are asymptomatic.
Walenksy said the move “really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate,” according to her interview with CNN on Wednesday.
“We have seen relatively low rates of isolation for all of this pandemic,” she continued. “Some science has demonstrated less than a third of people are isolating when they need to. And so we really want to make sure that we had guidance in this moment where we were going to have a lot of disease that could be adhered to, that people were willing to adhere to.”
Walensky added that the 10-day isolation guidance “was conservative” but noted that “in the context of the fact that we were going to have so many more cases, many of those would be asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, people would feel well enough to be at work.”
“They would not necessarily tolerate being home and they may not comply with being home,” the CDC director added. “This was the moment that we needed to make that decision and those changes.”
Walensky and other federal officials have said current data suggests Omicron appears less severe but has continued to push vaccinations, masks, and physical distancing.
President Joe Biden this month announced new plans to combat Omicron, including federal reinforcements for hospitals and more tests—although some experts have said it is too little, too late.
Cruise operators took a hit on Thursday, however, after the CDC warned people to avoid them amid a growing number of outbreaks onboard. That comes as most major cruise lines such as Carnival or Royal Caribbean require staff and guests to be fully vaccinated and present proof.
“Since the identification of the Omicron variant, there has been an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among cruise passengers and crew reported to CDC. Additionally, there has been an increase in the number of cruise ships meeting the COVID-19 case threshold for CDC investigation,” the CDC said Thursday.
With the latest warning, the CDC stated that “even fully vaccinated” people are at risk of contracting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, and spreading its variants. Passengers are asked to get tested three to five days after their cruise trip ends, the CDC continued, while urging them to self-monitor for COVID-19-related symptoms for 14 days.
[“Since the identification of the Omicron variant, there has been an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases among cruise passengers and crew reported to CDC.”]
Omicron has its own navy!
Maybe Zetacron can be a land guy.
Somebody’s got to unhook the boat from the thing.
If they don't replace these two incompetents.....
Didnt the CDC notice that people didnt so called ‘tolerate’ the closing down of cruising for 18 months ???
Hope you are right. All of this fear, masking, mail in ballots, restricting citizen travel, assembly, the taxpayer rip off of vaxes that are a total failure.. every bit of it, plus bumpstock ban under a Republican prez.
They couldve erased the second ammendment under trump and we would have said okay. Even the NRA was silent. 95% of Marines chose to kneel for the needle.
We are the weakest i can remember, militarily speaking
“IF the gop-e takes the house and senate next year both she and fauzi need to go.”
LOL. The GOP House and Senate, under the leadership of Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell respectively, will be no more effective than the GOP House and Senate under Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell during the last 2 years of Obama’s reign. Consider the majority GOP members of the House and Senate won’t even condemn the suspension of the constitutional rights of due process for those arrested for January 6 activity at the Capitol. Fire Fauci? Not a chance.
If “...what the federal government ‘thought people would be able to tolerate.’” is the new guideline, then how about restarting the Monoclonal Antibody treatments immediately?
less than a third of people are isolating when they need to.
and people wonder why we have a pandemic lasting 2 years plus....
3 of many, many, many examples:
..Craigslist Ad Sought People Infected with COVID To Attend Trump Rally
..Australian teen charged for allegedly partying at nightclub after testing positive for COVID
..Italian anti-vaxx radio personality who boasted of being a ‘plague spreader’ who walked through supermarkets without a mask while feverish dies from Covid aged 61
I appreciate epoch Times for not insulting our intelligence with useing the pronoun she for Walensky.
I appreciate epoch Times for not insulting our intelligence with useing the pronoun she for Walensky.
Americans mask:
why is murder of children, and adults, and the preborn
using lies and untested poisons, nanomaterials,
and CCP-designed genocidal mRNA all A-OK to the CDC?
Follow the magic.
The cool thing about magic is you can just throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks!
Translation : We’re making this up as we go along depending on what we can get away with 🤪
Actually, it was the CEO of Delta Airlines who pushed for this change.
Thomas Dolby. She Blinded Me With Science. CDC theme song.
the Regeneron and Eli monoclonals don’t work against Omi. The other that does, sotrovimab, made by Glaxo, anticipates 300 million doses - worldwide - by next year.
So, the cupboard’s been left bare it seems, in the out-patient treatment route - because the govt is projecting right or wrong that Omi will overtake Delta (which may not be real world) and that Omi won’t result in the hospitalization risk of Delta, and so they figure it’s a waste of time to offer R and E monos.
imo, they should still be offered until omi is well over 70% saturation but what do I know?
The Congress does not appoint the head of the CDC.
And although lack of accountability is as much a principle to our rulers as the virgin birth is to Christians - I do not believe Dr. Walensky’s tenure at CDC will go on for much longer.
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