alone. we ve seen new york, san francisco, other big cities. it s going to be all across the country. the fact that it s aasymptomati in some kids is great but there are still plenty of kids getting sick from this virus. one reason we ve got to vaccinate our kids as well. the cdc says health care workers who are asymptomatic can return to work after seven days with a negative test, down from ten days. new york state says fully vaccinated asymptomatic can return to work five days after testing positive. dr. fauci was asked whether the isolation period to be shoernted for everyone. here s what he said. certainly we re considering it going beyond just health care workers because, you know, there are a lot of people in society that are essential for the smooth running of the infrastructure of our society, so the idea about cutting down the period of quarantine for people who have been exposed and perhaps the period of isolation for people who have been infected is something that is
under, i would say, serious consideration. what do you say to those who think it s taking too long for health experts to update their guidance and are forced to abide by old guidance that may not be as relevant especially with omicron? yeah, i totally agree with that, jake. i do think that it needs to be shoernted. i expect the cdc to come out, hopefully soon, with some new guidance on this. but that s what i m expecting at this moment because the evidence is pretty clear. you don t need to be isolated for ten days if you ve been infected, particularly if you ve been vaccinated and boosted. much shorter isolation is fine. you re not going to be contagious. there are ways of mitigating it, which is mask wearing or negative antigen test which is what i ve called for as a way to end an isolation earlier than ten days. testing continues to be a real challenge in this country. inexplicably given how much experts and people like you and me have been talking about the need to have testi