CDC abdicates responsibility: New COVID guidelines are a travesty
for getting [to a stable school year]", she told Medical Xpress. And now, people with COVID can end isolation if they are fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication and they are without symptoms or their symptoms are improving — don't bother with those pesky tests.
According to the CDC, quarantining at home after a close exposure to someone with COVID is no longer necessary. And there is no difference in recommendations for those who are unvaccinated.The threshold for masking is community levels, which provides little guidance for an individual. The CDC does say that"at medium and high COVID-19 Community Levels, persons at high risk for severe illness and their contacts should consider wearingor respirators." Still, they offer little guidance as to what those are except noting that:"Loosely woven cloth products provide the least protection, layered finely woven products offer more protection…" and that OSHA-approved respirators offer the highest level of protection. In their specific recommendations for schools and ECEs , the CDC says,"Anyone who chooses to wear a mask or respirator should be supported in their decision to do so at any COVID-19 Community Level, including low…[programs] should considerof the COVID-19 Community Level." Consider non-punitive policies for kids who wear masks? That's mighty kind of them! Is this the best they can do?Saying people only need to isolate for 5 days will likely soon be translated by employers to require employees to be back after 5 days. And, as Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH, , this will drive inequities, as poorer folks will not be able to stay home, with predictable effects on COVID transmission.non-punitive and supportive" paid sick leave policies"Avoid policies that incentivize coming to school while sick, and support children who are learning at home if they are sick," they add. This is a problem for the children's parents if they have to stay home with their sick kids. How many people have any sick leave, let alone paid leave for a sick child? For example, hospitals I've worked in always had policies that punished staff that took sick leave. Certainly, this is a problem for others, such asThese are my initial reactions to the new CDC guidance. Any precautions become"personal responsibility," a convenient way of absolving both the government and businesses of any responsibility to keep their workers and community safe. This is no longer public health and is an abdication of the CDC's historic responsibility.We can — and the CDC
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