CDC Likely To Drop 5-Day COVID Isolation Guidelines: Report
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The proposed rule change would treat COVID-19 more like other common respiratory illnesses like the flu and RSV.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance for what to do if you test positive for COVID-19 might soon be easier to follow.
According to the Washington Post, the agency is considering dropping its current five-day isolation guidelines to be replaced with a 24-hour period, after which people with mild or improving symptoms would no longer need to stay home.
The proposed rule change discussed internally and on a call with state health officials last week would treat COVID-19 more like other common respiratory illnesses like the flu and RSV.
Yet COVID-19 remains much deadlier than those viruses, especially among at-risk populations. Despite advances in medical science, COVID-19 still hospitalizes people over the age of 65 ten times more often than influenza and is three to four times more likely to be fatal.
And long COVID, in which a debilitating set of symptoms persists even after the infection has cleared, remains a growing concern.
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