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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends testing for people who have been exposed to Covid-19, and say other people who don’t have symptoms “don’t necessarily want a test. “
On Monday, the firm silently reviewed its testing rules for other asymptomatic people, and advised others vulnerable to the virus to be tested if they were within 6 feet of an inflamed user for at least 15 minutes.
In the past, the company had recommended testing for anyone with “recent known or suspected exposure” to the virus, even if they had no symptoms. The CDC’s previous rules referred to “the possibility of asymptomatic and presymptomatic transmission” as an explanation of why others without symptoms exposed to the virus are “quickly known and tested. “Numerous studies have shown that others who show no symptoms can transmit and spread the virus, even at the presymptomatic level a few days before the onset of symptoms. or if they are asymptomatic and never expand symptoms.
“You don’t necessarily want a check unless you’re a vulnerable user or your fitness service provider or state or local fitness officials proposed that you do so,” the CDC says of others without symptoms that were in close contact with an inflamed user for at least 15 minutes. “Negative control doesn’t mean it won’t expand the infection through close contact or that it won’t get an infection later. “
The agency, which directed CNBC to HHS for comment, also added a new language that refers to asymptomatic Americans as “healthy people,” a language used in social media posts in protest at the use of masks.
“In spaces where the number of new cases is limited, state or local physical fitness officials would possibly request testing of a small number of asymptomatic ‘eligible’ people, i. e. among vulnerable populations,” the new directive says.
Updated CDC rules still recognize that others can bring and spread the virus, even if they don’t have symptoms and feel healthy. In CDC pandemic planning plan scenarios, the firm says its “most productive estimate today” is that up to 50% of the spread of the virus occurs before patients begin to experience symptoms.
In a call to the convention with reporters later Wednesday, deputy fitness secretary adm Brett Giroir, who leads the Trump administration’s effort, defended policy change and said he empowered local fitness officials and doctors. Trump administration tension.
“Let me tell you right now that the new rules are cdc action,” he said, adding that members of the White House Coronavirus Working Group, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield discussed and supported the new rules.
Fauci later told CNN’s leading medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, that he was “under general anesthesia in the operating room and not as part of any discussion or deliberation related to the new verification recommendations. “
Giroir said he had heard of other healthy people who think they have been exposed to controlled and employing negative control to justify “risky behavior. “He said negative control can simply give a “false sense of security. “
“A negative check on the day of the moment doesn’t mean you’re negative, so what’s the price of that?” he said. “This does not mean that on the fourth day you can faint and Grandma or the sixth day without a mask. “
Dr. Michael Mina, professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health, said it is imperative to verify to others who do not have Covid-19 symptoms to help the consultant give a specific response in the US. But it’s not the first time
“We’re sure to still know who’s spreading the virus and this is in a giant component because of asymptomatic Americans or at least there’s a giant component of the spread that’s asymptomatic,” he said. “This makes the new rules frustrating,” to say the least. “
Other epidemiologists and former fitness officers have also criticized the change because of the role that other asymptomatic people are suspected of playing in spreading the virus.
“It doesn’t make any sense. People without symptoms account for up to 50% of the transmission,” Dr. Leana Wen, professor of public aptitude at George Washington University and former Baltimore Health Commissioner. “We want MORE proof, no less. “
Dr Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC during Barack Obama’s presidency, said on Twitter that the replacement is “probably indefensible” and “probably imposed on the CDC website. “
Will Humble, director of the Arizona Public Health Association and former director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, called the replacement “strange. “
“Testing touches is at the center of touch search!” he says on Twitter. 50% of transmission before the onset of symptoms and do you make this political decision?The CDC logo is a toast. “
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo also criticized the change, calling it “political propaganda” to President Donald Trump’s re-election efforts.
The updated rules also removed a line on the importance of testing and monitoring the US National Response Plan. But it’s not the first time
The consultant in the past stated: “Testing is a core component of the US SARS-CoV-2 surveillance plan. U. S. , it uses various surveillance systems and epidemiology networks to monitor progression and have an effect on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States.
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