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toshootforthestars · 2 months

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From the report by Beth Mole, posted 29 Feb 2024:

In a lengthy background document, the agency laid out its rationale for consolidating COVID-19 guidance into general guidance for respiratory viruses—including influenza, RSV, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, enteroviruses, and others, though specifically not measles. The agency also noted the guidance does not apply to health care settings and outbreak scenarios. "COVID-19 remains an important public health threat, but it is no longer the emergency that it once was, and its health impacts increasingly resemble those of other respiratory viral illnesses, including influenza and RSV," the agency wrote. The most notable change in the new guidance is the previously reported decision to no longer recommend a minimum five-day isolation period for those infected with the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Instead, the new isolation guidance is based on symptoms, which matches long-standing isolation guidance for other respiratory viruses, including influenza. "The updated Respiratory Virus Guidance recommends people with respiratory virus symptoms that are not better explained by another cause stay home and away from others until at least 24 hours after both resolution of fever AND overall symptom are getting better," the document states. "This recommendation addresses the period of greatest infectiousness and highest viral load for most people, which is typically in the first few days of illness and when symptoms, including fever, are worst." The CDC acknowledged that the eased isolation guidance will create "residual risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission," and that most people are no longer infectious only after 8 to 10 days. As such, the agency urged people to follow additional interventions—including masking, testing, distancing, hygiene, and improving air quality—for five additional days after their isolation period. "Today’s announcement reflects the progress we have made in protecting against severe illness from COVID-19," CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen said in a statement. "However, we still must use the commonsense solutions we know work to protect ourselves and others from serious illness from respiratory viruses—this includes vaccination, treatment, and staying home when we get sick." Overall, the agency argued that a shorter isolation period would be inconsequential. Other countries and states that have similarly abandoned fixed isolation times did not see jumps in COVID-19 emergency department visits or hospitalizations, the CDC pointed out. And most people who have COVID-19 don't know they have it anyway, making COVID-19-specific guidance moot, the agency argued. In a recent CDC survey, less than half of people said they would test for SARS-CoV-2 if they had a cough or cold symptoms, and less than 10 percent said they would go to a pharmacy or health care provider to get tested. Meanwhile, "The overall sensitivity of COVID-19 antigen tests is relatively low and even lower in individuals with only mild symptoms," the agency said. The CDC also raised practical concerns for isolation, including a lack of paid sick leave for many, social isolation, and "societal costs." The points are likely to land poorly with critics. “The CDC is again prioritizing short-term business interests over our health by caving to employer pressure on COVID guidelines. This is a pattern we’ve seen throughout the pandemic,” Lara Jirmanus, Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said in a press release last month after the news first broke of the CDC's planned isolation update. Jirmanus is a member of the People's CDC, a group that advocates for more aggressive COVID-19 policies, which put out the press release. Another member of the group, Sam Friedman, a professor of population health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, also blasted the CDC's stance last month. The guidance will "make workplaces and public spaces even more unsafe for everyone, particularly for people who are high-risk for COVID complications," he said.

But, the CDC argues that the threat of COVID-19 is fading. Hospitalizations, deaths, prevalence of long COVID, and COVID-19 complications in children (MIS-C) are all down. COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at preventing severe disease, death, and to some extent, long COVID—we just need more people to get them. Over 95% of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in the 2023–2024 respiratory season had no record of receiving the seasonal booster dose, the agency noted. Only 22% of adults got the latest shot, including only 42% of people ages 65 and older. In contrast, 48% of adults got the latest flu shot, including 73% of people ages 65 and older. But even with the crummy vaccination rates for COVID-19, a mix of past infection and shots have led to a substantial protection in the overall population. The CDC even went as far as arguing that COVID-19 deaths have fallen to a level that is similar to what's seen with flu. "Reported deaths involving COVID-19 are several-fold greater than those reported to involve influenza and RSV. However, influenza and likely RSV are often underreported as causes of death," the CDC said. In the 2022–2023 respiratory virus season, there were nearly 90,000 reported COVID-19 deaths. For flu, there were 9,559 reported deaths, but the CDC estimates the true number to be between 18,000 and 97,000. In the current season, there have been 32,949 reported COVID-19 deaths to date and 5,854 reported flu deaths, but the agency estimates the real flu deaths are between 17,000 and 50,000. "Total COVID-19 deaths, accounting for underreporting, are likely to be higher than, but of the same order of magnitude as, total influenza deaths," the agency concluded.

(say no to raw dough: CDC)

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crowrrupt · 7 months

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I don’t want to admit how long I spent on this

#xenoblade chronicles 3 #Xenoblade zeon #fanart #my art #lets take ibuprofen together #memes #i have covid so i got this done earlier than expected #It’s real mild though and i only have 2 more days until my 5 day isolation is up #artists on tumblr

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thealternatemind · 4 months

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can my mental illness stop mental illnessing

#nothing quite like getting exposed to Covid when you have contamination ocd #and a flight to see the love of your life scheduled in two weeks #when you haven’t seen her in 6 months #day 2/5 of isolation before I can test done

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coffeecupandcorgi · 1 year

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#me to myself today #🫠#a forever mood #one of the top 5 gc mantras #I was so productive doing private px stuff this morning now I just want to nap and hate watch Gilmore girls #but I still have tasks for my two real jobs #covid day 11 report ughdjj #at least it is the weekend I guess and I can emerge from isolation?? tho to what end lol #neo yokio #hate it here lol

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eileensdress · 4 months

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Hes so silly. Hes never done anything wrong. I want to bite him

#i didnt say his name but I bet you know who im yalkingn about #also im on like day 5 of covid isolation and im going a little insane here cut me some slavk #hannibal

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killldeer · 8 months

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hm i might wait until tomorrow to watch ep 4. much to think about

#i tested positive for covid today so i suddenly have 5 days of isolation time on my hands #so i might as well wait until i have the apt to myself and can just hang out and watch it #this does mean i’ll p much have to stay off twitter & tumblr for the rest of the night tho so. We Shall See #personal

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water-fan-art · 6 months

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I’ve had covid for the last week and I’ve gotta go back to work tomorrow. At the start I joked that I would get so much drawing done, and all I’ve done is this Jasper doing an incorrectly drawn navy salute

#baby’s first covid #the rest of these tags are just gonna be me venting #y’all would not believe how much of a fuck around it was to get my 5 days of isolation #I’ve said this a lot over the last 6 days but you’d think they wouldn’t want someone with covid cleaning an eating area. which is my job #and guess who covered half my shifts? the other worker who tested positive the same day I did #I have such an issue with my new supervisor and how my workplace is run. I’m 🤏 close to quitting (alas #the plan is to get top surgery and then dip)#but yeah. anyway. wish me luck and let’s hope I’m not still contagious (I always wear a mask and sanitise anyway)#if any of the customers or workers ask where I’ve been or why I’m working slow. I’ll be 100% honest and say I’m recovering from covid #‘’yeah I may still be infectious I don’t know‘’#I tried to get Monday/tuesday off on Saturday and was ignored for 27 hours and the answer was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ill give you a call at 8 #didn’t get the call so I called at 8:20 and was like ‘I’m not feeling great’ and the supervisor said she would cover my shift but didn’t #I never got told if I had Monday off. so I assumed I did. then today (Tuesday) got laughed at when I said if no one can cover I’ll go #so I got today off too. but I was asked if I could work Thursday which was the day after I tested positive.#I had Thursday off for my top surgery consultation. which had to get rescheduled. I didn’t even think I had covid 😭 I just wanted to be #responsible and test myself before an appointment. then I had a fever that afternoon. wild ride #anyways. I’m gonna try sleep.

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pepprs · 2 years

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ykw that was exactly the thing i was vaguing about earlier this morning btw (sorry). since saturday night the whole topic of [pausing here to transform into a hideous beast because of the word my phone was trying to suggest i put after ‘topic of.’ like could this get any more meta and/or disturbing] anyways the whole topic of.. me and how i am or am not situated like.. r*mantically. it’s been multiple times every day since saturday night that it’s come up in posts i see in irl convos in photo memory reminders in shows my family is watching etc. ajd im not like mad at anyone/thing for posting / talking about it it’s just i feel like exploding a little bit between me myself and i that’s all

#purrs #i know i am 23 years old and i have a lot of life left ahead of me. but i think it’s just hard because im almost always the least #experienced / most sheltered person in the room. and some of that isn’t my fault bc it’s a product of 💖generational trauma💖 but some of it i #is ithink. im skittish like a horse. i had to cut off my life here when i went abroad and then covid hit and i think i got so used to things #being fucked up and to seeing fewer people that isolation became normal for me and now trying to push myself past that is terrifying and i #get so easily overwhelmed by socializing and i hate it but also that’s everyone rn i guess bc we are living in hell. but im skittish like a #horse. i have damaged friendships with people i really cared about because they told me they liked me and i couldn’t handle that and im #haunted every single day by the thought of how i mishandled things at 17-18 and probably caused certain individuals a lot of pain that they #may still be feeling and i want to apologize but that might only make it worse so i never can. and ofc like im jealous and insecure bc ive n #never even been like.. idk. the closest i ever got to being in a relationship was w one of those ppl and i ran away at the point that we rec #reciprocated and i just feel stupid and defective and i hate that if i had to do it all over again i would probably do the same thing.#ive grown a lot emotionally in the last 5 years but im still so like… weak in some ways and there’s common sense / natural compassion things #that i can sense Wojld make sense to do but i just can’t. i am not a good friend or family member right now and so how on earth could i ever #be a good partner to someone. but also uhmmmmmmmmmmmmm life is very very hard to do alone and i would like to not do it alone. and i know #there’s hope but i also like. can’t handle it. idk. it’s a mess and im just depressed about it so hopefully talking about it candidly will b #be enough to like.. eliminate the possibility of it coming up again bc it’s hard enough when im not thinking about it it’s even harder when #there are signs and reminders everywhere that i am young and inexperienced and feeling cringefail misery and doom and jealousy about it #delete later #its also fucking insane bc you grow up and realize what you’ve been missing out on bc you were a kid and it’s like how do i even get there a #and then the older adults you live with and interact with regularly rub it in your face both intentionally and unintentionally and sometimes #without malice but it’s still like… can there please not be about 15 examples of the exact thing i want that are unavoidable and inescapable #at al times by virtue of my life situation rn. in the back of my mind there is always a thread agitated by that and it sucks

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zinjanthropusboisei · 2 years

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I can breath through my nose, the CDC says I can leave my house even though I know that’s a politically motivated guideline rather than a health-based one, and I have so much work to do 😭 Firstly, converting my isolation den back to a livable apartment...

Laundry

Garbage

Dishes

Recruitment emails

Email to advisor about grant

Email to symposium speaker

Finish conference abstract

Touch base with prof about grading timeline

#i'm still going to stay home until I'm actually covid negative #'....5 days isolation is fine as long as your symptoms are gone' nah. just nah #i kept just enough balls in the air this week that i'm not drowning but this is the first day i've really been able to concentrate

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tunglrsillyman · 2 years

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Having a "I miss my wife, tails" moment

#neb talks #hiiiii oomfies!! how are you all 🖤#^_^ comedic whiplash aside genuinely i hope you all are doing ok. was going to vent post but instead i will use this as an invitation for #interactions (literally feel free to dm me...even if i take 5 business days to reply back)#still on that 'will i won't i (get help)' mindset <-had been doing self reflection and analysis #also thinking how ....the covid self isolation made my awkward demeanor WORSE #like i always had problems socializing but like. it rly enabled my avoidance tendencies #idk how much further i wanna get into this w/o getting like. too tmi/personal. but yeah thats going on aside like. doing work

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mister13eyond · 2 years

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#probably the meds or the fact i cant work right now to save my life despite frantically trying #or the state of the world or worrying about my ill friends or worrying about if i'm going to get sick again or worrying #about how i already have pretty severe post covid fatigue and cant do any of the outdoors stuff i used to love or how #because of the fuck awful new variant when my bae comes down next month he's probably driving instead of #flying which means we're losing a full 2 days off of his visit which was only 7 days to begin with #or how the small comforts i had accrued to survive the fact i'm highly isolated are now being stripped away from me by Yet Another Wave Of-#Disease In The Face Of An Uncaring Public #but ya boi is about to have a breakdown breakdown #i ask for so little #and yet #its too much! its too much to ask!#i just want to be able to safely visit 5 (five) (5) people without worrying ive gotten them sick or risked their health #and to see my fucking boyfriend #and to go outside sometimes and climb stuff and touch grass #and now i dont know if Any of those things are safe or possible #and im Tired #IM GONNNAAAAAAAA #scREAM

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whileyoureinschoolidothisallday · 2 months

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I have nothing but bad news for y'all

We were supposed to have until April to leave comments, but the cdc has officially ended the 5 day isolation period as of today, March 1st, 2024.

They're saying as long as it's been 24hrs and your symptoms are improving, you're good.

Nothing about covid has changed. Medical professionals are obviously slamming this decision. All this does is make it even more difficult to avoid long covid, because now workers will have to fight for sick days and time off they already barely have just to fucking heal from an organ damaging virus.

Idk what to say for this one.

#covid 19 #covid safe #covid advocacy #danger days: truffula flu simulator

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honeyedbrie · 5 months

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I have really good friends, and all I want in this world is for us all to be safe and healthy so we can have more days like today tbh

#ive been in and out of isolation for the past 3 months: everyone my house has now had covid this year #one of my friends has had covid and had a couple of other colds over the past few months #their partner also um broke his fucking neck at work back in august and holy fuck we're all so glad he's okay now and recovering well #and then we're all just autistic and mentally ill on top of everything #i just wanna have more adventures w the nerd herd🥺#we did a full day today it was do fun!!!!#we met up for coffee for a bit #then we went crystal and antique shopping and then mall to get crush out of group a night fit #bc after we finished at the mall we went back to friend and their partner's place to pregame and watch korean zombie show #and then we went to a metal show!!! at a record store!!! with a bunch of local bands!!!!#and crush kissed me!!! and i went back to her place for a bit!!!#i had so much fun #i love these hoes #4 gays (5 if my bf is with us) and our token cishet autistic white man #hes our diversity hire lol #he got a new jacket #and dont get me wrong its a nice jacket #BUT- the whole fit was giving hallmark movie love interest and he was so offended that we pointed it out lmao #anywho- i like these humans and i just want the best for us and to have more good times with them bc theyre good people and i love them #i may have had a few drinks tonight lol- after i said to diversity hire that i need to drink less alcohol😅#its fine tho- i am no longer anxious about what i was anxious about so heres hoping i will not be.. extremely depressed when i wake up!#pls ignore my sentimental ranting #mine #personal #tl;dr i love my friends a great deal and i am incredibly grateful for the friends i have made in all of the places i have lived before now 2 #okie: its almost 5am its bed time lol #im beat #tw mental illness

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walkthroughtheforest · 9 months

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I think the world deserves to see my brilliance, exactly as I messaged it to my best friend at 12.35 in the morning as I tied the 14th strand of hair tinsel into my hair.