CDC Loosens COVID Guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has loosened its COVID-19 safety recommendations, a sign of how much the state of the pandemic in the United States has changed since its genesis over two years ago.
The agency no longer recommends that people exposed to COVID-19 who are not up to date with their vaccine doses enter quarantine. Instead, those people should wear a mask for 10 days in indoor settings and test on day five. The new guidance also eliminates quarantine recommendations and the “test to stay” policy for schools and early childcare programs, which requires unvaccinated students exposed to COVID-19 to stay in school rather than quarantine as …