critical workers, particularly in our hospitals to make sure that people are getting good care. one of the points few have made and questioned is whether or not the cdc should have required a negative test in order for people to leave isolation. as it stands right now and as i have read it, the cdc is saying after five days if you are asymptomatic you can return, but it doesn t specifically say you have to test negative with a rapid antigen test. what do you make of that? yes, this is a very reasonable question, and it is true that a negative antigen test would provide an additional layer of safety to ensure that someone is not infectious, meaning they re not contagious as they exit from their isolation window. but some of the other parts of what the cdc has released are also very important to make sure that communities are protected
critical workers, particularly in our hospitals to make sure that people are getting good care. one of the points few have made and questioned is whether or not the cdc should have required a negative test in order for people to leave isolation. as it stands right now and as i have read it, the cdc is saying after five days if you are asymptomatic you can return, but it doesn t specifically say you have to test negative with a rapid antigen test. what do you make of that? yes, this is a very reasonable question, and it is true that a negative antigen test would provide an additional layer of safety to ensure that someone is not infectious, meaning they re not contagious as they exit from their isolation window. but some of the other parts of what the cdc has released are also very important to make sure that communities are protected
test would provide an additional layer of safety to ensure that someone is not infectious, meaning they re not contagious as they exit from their isolation window. but some of the other parts of what the cdc has released are also very important to make sure that communities are protected given the nature of the omicron variant. i m speaking specifically of the fact that it requires people to continue wearing masks and optimally high-quality masks like kn95s or kf94s or n95s for an additional five days beyond the isolation period. that will be critically important to ensure that people around someone who was recently infected will remain as protected as possible. the other important nuance is that this is only for people who are asymptomatic or who had very mild symptoms that are resolving.