Tue Jan 4, 2022 – 3:44 pm EST
ATLANTA (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its isolation guidance for those infected with COVID-19, now saying they need only isolate for five days rather than ten.
“Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation for the public,” the agency announced December 27. “People with COVID-19 should isolate for 5 days and if they are asymptomatic or their symptoms are resolving (without fever for 24 hours), follow that by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others to minimize the risk of infecting people they encounter.”
The CDC went on to claim that the change “is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the 1–2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after.”
However, many suspect the political needs of the Biden administration were a bigger factor. Following the announcement, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told CNN the change “really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate,”
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