Reversing their previous guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says isolation for five days is not necessary for those who tested positive for COVID-19.
The CDC recently recommended treating COVID-19 similar to flu or other respiratory illness.
“The new guidance brings a unified approach to addressing risks from a range of common respiratory viral illnesses, such as COVID-19, flu, and RSV, which can cause significant health impacts and strain on hospitals and health care workers,” as per CDC’s media release last Friday.
Additionally, the CDC remarked, “While every respiratory virus does not act the same, adopting a unified approach to limiting disease spread makes recommendations easier to follow and thus more likely to be adopted and does not rely on individuals to test for illness, a practice that data indicates is uneven.”
In contrast with its 2021 recommendation, the government’s health agency now encourages people to return to “normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, symptoms are improving overall, and if a fever was present, it has been gone without the use of a fever-reducing medication.”
Meanwhile, the CDC recommends people with COVID-19 and influenza acquire treatment to lessen their symptoms or prevent its effects from worsening.
However, the health agency still urged people to use a well-fitting mask and to keep a distance from others.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, most Americans have long foregone COVID testing and isolation as the effects of the virus become routine. The CDC noted that there has been a significant decrease in hospitalization compared to 2020 and 2021 during the surge of the pandemic.
Hospital admissions are down by more than 60 percent compared to 2021, while hospitalizations are down to just 900,000, compared to the 2.5 million recorded in 2021.
According to the agency, “The decline in deaths associated with COVID-19 is even more dramatic than the drop in hospitalizations. In 2021, over 450,000 deaths among Americans were associated with COVID-19, while in 2023, that number fell to roughly 75,000.”
However, the CDC still warns that the virus is a “public health threat,” and remained firm on its vaccine mandate.
Covid-19 Side Effects Revealed
This month, researchers from the Global Vaccine Data Network affirmed what groups have been saying about the severe effects of COVID-19 vaccines among people who were vaccinated.
Among these were cases of heart inflammation or myocarditis, which were found in the first, second, and third doses of the Pfizer mRNA shot. A higher number was reported in Moderna’s second shot.
AstraZeneca vaccine led to pericarditis, an inflammation of the pericardium, and an increase in Guillan-Barre syndrome.
Researchers also noted higher-than-anticipated cases of encephalomyelitis, an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, in people who received Moderna’s first vaccine dose.
