The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention streamlined its guidance Thursday for keeping COVID-19 in check, de-emphasizing social distancing, nixing screening tests for those without symptoms and not recommending people who aren’t current on vaccines quarantine for after being exposed to the virus.
The CDC had previously urged those who haven’t been vaccinated or had a booster shot if eligible to “stay home and quarantine for at least five full days,” while those current on the vaccine or who had recovered from COVID-19 in the past 90 days did not have to stay home unless they had symptoms.
“We’re in a stronger place today as a nation, with more tools — like vaccination, boosters, and treatments — to protect ourselves, and our communities, from severe illness from COVID-19,” Greta Massetti, chief of the CDC’s Field Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, said in a statement accompanying the announcement.
