After more than 2 years, 90-plus million cases, and more than 1 million deaths, the United States is entering a new, potentially less scary, phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
, quarantining, and testing children for COVID-19 while allowing them to stay in school – a strategy known as test-to-stay.
“The CDC's new guidance doesn't change what we were going to do anyway, which was to encourage people to stay current on their vaccinations and stay home if they feel sick,” he says. The National Association of Secondary School Principals agrees the updated CDC protocols will better allow educators to fulfill their duties while still keeping kids safe.
For example, don't send your kids to school or have them around other people if they are sick. Also be vigilant about symptoms, and seek medical advice when necessary. In contrast to earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, the fear of overwhelming hospitals with COVID-19 has been reduced significantly, Piedra says, and it makes sense the CDC would now focus more on protection of people at higher risk.Rachel Bruce, MD, called the CDC’s actions “appropriate,” as it’s clear COVID-19 will be with us for the foreseeable future.
With transmission rates higher than 20% in much of the country,"we cannot let our guard down,” Daniel P. McQuillen, MD, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in a statement.James Hamblin, MD, a public-health policy lecturer at Yale School of Public Health, says federal health guidelines are always a delicate mix that isn't always just based in science.
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