As Dallas County's COVID Cases Soar, CDC Launches Relaxed COVID Guidelines.
"I agree with the new guidance. In fact, I think it's overdue," said Dr. Erin Carlson, professor of public health at the University of Texas at Arlington."We needed new guidance to take into account where we are scientifically with this newly dominant variant," Carlson said.
Carlson said the CDC's policy change is the result of many months of accumulated evidence showing that the coronavirus, and the omicron variant in particular, is most contagious in the first few days before symptoms show up, and the first day or so after. The new guidelines actually provide a bit more cushion than the science suggests is necessary, she said.
“The medical advice that comes from the CDC has obvious economic impacts that the CDC is aware of and that they try to account for when they receive feedback from the White House, or from Congress, or from state officials,” Jillson said.
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