'This makes no sense. People without symptoms account for up to 50% of transmission,' Dr. Leana Wen, the former health commissioner of Baltimore, said in a tweet. 'We need MORE testing, not less.'
The CDC has quietly revised its guidance on coronavirus testing to say that people without symptoms who were exposed to an infected person might not need to be tested.
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Robert Redfield testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump Administration's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 23, 2020.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer recommending coronavirus testing for everyone who's been exposed to Covid-19, saying people who don't have symptoms "do not necessarily need a test.
"In areas where there are limited number of new cases, State or local public health officials may request to test a small number of asymptomatic 'healthy people,' particularly from vulnerable populations," the new guidance reads. "This makes no sense. People without symptoms account for up to 50% of transmission," tweeted Dr. Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University the former health commissioner of Baltimore. "We need MORE testing, not less."
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