A woman wearing a face mask walks through a NJ Transit turnstile at a subway station in New York City on Jan. 11, 2024.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is said to be weighing a new, symptom-based approach to isolation for the general public, the Washingtonon Feb. 13.
Meeting people where they are may encourage them to take at least some precautions, he says. Some people who are unwilling or unable to isolate for five full days might be open to staying home for a shorter period of time when they’re acutely ill, for example.Not all experts are as optimistic.
The absence of symptoms also isn’t a guarantee that someone is no longer infectious, Murray says. Research has long suggested that pre-symptomatic orEven still, Dr. Tara Bouton, an assistant professor at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine who has, feels it's reasonable to loosen isolation guidance at this stage of the pandemic, when fewer people who get infected die or become hospitalized.
Tran says he’d go even further: he’d stay home for 10 days, self-test multiple times before ending isolation, and wear a mask—as he usually does anyway—upon returning to public spaces.
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