New quarantine guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could reduce the amount of time a person has to spend at home, but one local physician warns they are not a pass to go back to ânormalâ life when it may still be possible to infect others.
For months, people whoâve found out they were exposed to a positive COVID-19 case were instructed to quarantine at home for 14 days. No going to work, no going to school, no going to the store. Research has shown that a person can be infected with the novel coronavirus â and contagious â even before they show symptoms, if they ever feel ill at all. By quarantining themselves after an exposure, a person is reducing their interactions with other people, thus mitigating spread of the disease.