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California’s New Covid Quarantine & Isolation Guidelines Are Stricter Than CDC’s

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Monday shortened the recommended isolation and quarantine guidelines for Americans who contract or are exposed to Covid-19 from 10 to five days.

The move drew swift criticism from many experts, who questioned the logic behind the decision.“I don’t think there’s any big change in science that justifies a change in guidance,” said Lawrence Gostin, director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law.

In his view, the guidance “has much more to do with societal function than to do with science.”One of the biggest criticisms was that shortening the isolation and quarantine requirement should be augmented with a negative test requirement.

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