in the past few days. maine, michigan, new hampshire, and vermont saw more people hospitalized from covid than ever before. still, new cdc guidance aims to shorten the isolation period for people who test positive but have no symptoms from ten days to just five. cnn s tom foreman joins me now with all the details. tom, it is hard for people to keep up with all the new guidance and protocols, so take us through the latest. so many people are just exhausted by this, alisyn. we ve been through two years of this now and much of the goal right now seems to be to meet this new wave sweeping through the country and yet somehow keep the country working. the new cdc recommendation is simple enough. if you test positive for covid but show no symptoms, you can isolate for five days instead of the previous ten. then go about your business wearing a mask for five more. but the reason for the change is complicated, and health experts say, not purely medical. we want to get people back
week ago. but hospitalizations are increasing at a more gradual pace. four states hit their peak this month before starting to decline in just the past few days. maine, michigan, new hampshire and vermont saw more people hospitalized from covid than ever before. now new cdc guidance aims to shorten the isolation period for people who test positive but have no symptoms from 10 days to just 5 days. elizabeth cohen joins me now. give us the full details on these updated guidelines. these guidelines have their supporters and they also have their critics. sort of the bottom line, the base of these guidelines is that the cdc and other scientists learned that people are most contagious either right before they have symptoms or just for like two or three days afterwards. so the thinking is we have a shortage of essential workers, doctors, nurses, people to fly planes, flight attendants, why are we keeping people isolated if they re probably no longer contagious and they no longer h