and like much of the pandemic, and i ve said this to you in covering it throughout, there are policy tradeoffs here. real things you have to balance. it is not just a fight of truth and lies or disinformation, though we cover that, too. what we re seeing is labor groups talking about what they think is best for their members on a safety platform. and we re seeing the cdc and other scientific experts saying what they think is viable and against the real world pressure that we all know about, which is so many people stranded or delayed at this holiday time for flights. people want to be together and safe. the cdc has a response. they say this recommendation is still backed by the science and that most of the transmission, which is what they are guarding against when you take these isolation measures, occurs earlier in the course of the illness. here s dr. fauci. we don t want to get into a situation where so many people are out from their jobs. many of which are essential jobs to keep
isolation. those new guidelines say people who test positive for covid but have no symptoms isolate for five days, that s down from the previous recommendation of ten and then they should continue to wear a mask for an additional five. dr. anthony fauci said this is a smart decision. here he is on this network last night. the sheer volume and number of cases with omicron, which is very much more transmissible than prior variants, we don t want to get into a situation where so many people are out from their jobs, many of which are essential jobs to keep society running smoothly. so, the decision on the part of the cdc is a really prudent and good decision, and it s based on science, because the chances of virus being shed in the first five days is much greater than in the second five days following infection. dr. fauci acknowledging there that the cdc s update takes into account science, of course,
experts to dictate it. enough is enough. the same experts are now letting it slip that some of the rules weren t totally based the science. you don t say? here s what they say lead to the decision to recently cut down on the quarantine time in half for asymptomatic people. there was the danger that there would be so many people who are being isolated who are asymptomatic for the full ten days that you could have a major negative impact on our ability to keep society running. so the decision was made of saying that s get that cut in half. it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. lisa: joining me now is arizona congressman who sits on the house judiciary committee. congressman, it s really bizarre how these changes are coming right as we start 2022, a midterm year. what do you make of this drastic change in the quarantine time?
we have to balance infection control with overall public health like mental health and children in schools and psychological harm as well as keeping society running. this is long overdue to shorten the period. however, because they have a lack of tests i don t believe they are implementing the actual guidelines correctly. and that s due to a long range lack of planning that started last january. julie: i want to pick up on her comment the new guidance comes from what we thought people would tolerate. let s play this sound bite and dig into it. it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. we really want to make sure we have guidance in this moment where we were going to have a lot of things people were willing to adhere to and that speak specifically to when people were maximally infectious. julie: the new guidance causes confusion. among businesses and generating
have you heard that before? i think donald trump said that two years ago. cnn said losing weight could help you tbeept covid. we knew that ages ago, too. the so-called experts are starting to change their tune. there was a danger there would be so many people being isolated who are asymptomatic for the full even if days that you could have a major negative impact on our ability to keep society running. the decision was made, let s get that cut in half. a cloth makes is not going to the be the protect you. don t wear a cloth mask, they are facial decorations. jesse: and democrats want school to the open. we have been saying this for two years. we should not be allowing the school leadership to shut down