In Friday’s mostly ignored news, the Centers for Disease Control, which told us that we were all doomed, doomed!, if we didn’t get fully vaccinated, and keep up with booster shots against COVID-19, are lowering recommendations again. Taylor Lorenz will be appalled!

CDC ending five-day COVID isolation guidance

By Nathaniel Weixel | Friday, March 1, 2024 | 1:11 PM EST | Updated: 2:22 PM EST

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is no longer recommending Americans stay home from work or school for five days after testing positive for COVID-19, a major shift in policy that comes as much of the country has moved on from the height of the pandemic.

The new guidance aligns COVID recommendations with other respiratory viral illnesses such as flu and RSV.

The simplified guidance recommends that even if they don’t know what virus is causing the illness, people should stay home when they are sick and symptomatic and resume normal activities if their symptoms have been improving and they are fever-free for at least 24 hours without any medication.

People who are at higher risk for severe illness who start to feel sick should seek health care right away, the agency said.

CDC officials said the change recognizes that the COVID-19 landscape has changed dramatically since the start of the viral outbreak in 2020 when businesses and schools ground to a halt and people stayed home.

There’s more at the original.

Can we tell the truth here? People long ago gave up on the scare tactics of the panicdemic, and with few people taking COVID tests when they feel sick, even those who did have a mild case of the Wuhan flu were integrating right back in with the population once they felt better. Very few self-isolated for five days.