shortening the quarantine time from 5 to 10 days? cdc director said it was backed by science and what americans could tolerate. listen. 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 disease that could be adhered to, that people were willing to adhere to and that spoke specifically to when people were maximally infectious. it spoke to both behaviors as well as what people were able to do. that statement lighting up twitter. some saying so not safety then, got it. and if we re basing decisions on what americans can tolerate, then i highly advise walensky and fauci to resign. wow, okay, dr. nicole. what is your take on what the cdc director said.
to let them know it s too late. the whole policy of using new case numbers to generate policy is coming under more questions especially since millions of people are now taking home tests and not reporting the results anywhere. tennessee has now begun to report its test results weekly instead of daily. and michigan so far is rejecting new federal guidance that calls for covid patients to isolate for five days instead of 10. michigan will keep with the 10-day isolation. death tolls in michigan have been double the national average. anita, back to you. thank you so much for that live report. let s bring in dr. nicole saphier board certified radiologist and fox news contributor. always good to have your medical analysis. new case rates for covid are hitting record levels here in the u.s. hospitalizations, we heard from steve s report and deaths are