While new CDC isolation guidelines are reasonable, here's what I would have done differently
1. Required a neg antigen test after 5 days
2. Had different guidelines for vaccinated (contagious for shorter time) versus unvaccinated
3. Specified higher quality masks
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So why are CDC guidelines still reasonable?
Because if you actually follow what CDC says,
They require people be asymptomatic
And wear a mask for 5 more days
And if people actually followed the guidelines
I can't come up with how they aren't quite reasonable
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The critique appears to be that people won't follow CDC guidelines
That they'll stop isolating after 5 days even with symptoms and/or not wear a mask
Yes. That'll happen for some
But shorter isolation means lower barrier to test/isolate
Which will motivate others to test
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CDC could've kept it to 10 day but...
1. It isn't necessary for a large chunk of people who aren't contagious beyond 5 days
2. Discourages asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic people from testing
3. And many who are positive are already not following the 10 day isolation
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The CDC change
1. Focuses everyone on the 5 days when people are most contagious
2. Eliminates unnecessary constraints on people
3. Encourages more to test/isolate
Do I wish they had added testing, better mask guidance, etc?
Yup
But still a step in the right direction
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Well none of this is in place or accessible in many places. Many places vaccine rare is very low. May people cannot afford to buy antigen test or buy high quality mask
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It seems irresponsible to say that cloth masks do very little, that's what we've been wearing the last two years. If they do little, why even bother at this point?
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While this thread gives better clarity on your opinion of what should be done. 1) Many cannot afford better quality masking. 2) Antigen testing kits are extremely difficult to find. 3) PCR testing can take days for an appointment. 4) The powers that be had time to solve the above
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