I am looking at the CDC recommendations for when someone who has had COVID when they can be around

[still_one]

others, and I find an irresponsible recommendation "suggesting" when they can be around others. The CDC is playing games. They are saying that "Most people do not require testing to decide when they can be around others after 10 days", however, if your healthcare provider recommends testing, they will let you know.

It makes no sense why they would suggest you do not necessarily need to be tested after 10 days if you have no symptoms. Why not say after 10 days people must be tested, and must test negative also?

I had a cousin who contracted covid, and it took 5 weeks before he tested negative.

The following is directly from the CDC site:

I think or know I had COVID-19, and I had symptoms
You can be around others after:

10 days since symptoms first appeared and
24 hours with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and
Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving*
*Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation​

Most people do not require testing to decide when they can be around others; however, if your healthcare provider recommends testing, they will let you know when you can resume being around others based on your test results.

I tested positive for COVID-19 but had no symptoms

If you continue to have no symptoms, you can be with others after 10 days have passed since you had a positive viral test for COVID-19. Most people do not require testing to decide when they can be around others; however, if your healthcare provider recommends testing, they will let you know when you can resume being around others based on your test results.

I was severely ill with COVID-19 or have a severely weakened immune system (immunocompromised) due to a health condition or medication. When can I be around others?

People who are severely ill with COVID-19 might need to stay home longer than 10 days and up to 20 days after symptoms first appeared. Persons who are severely immunocompromised may require testing to determine when they can be around others. Talk to your healthcare provider for more information. If testing is available in your community, it may be recommended by your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider will let you know if you can resume being around other people based on the results of your testing.

Your doctor may work with an infectious disease expert or your local health department to determine whether testing will be necessary before you can be around others.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/end-home-isolation.html

For me this is the same nonesense they initially pulled when they said you don't need masks.

Regardless of whether it is because of WH pressure or something else, I think the CDC has dropped the ball from the start

[RockCreek]

1. I look to Canada and Australia for guidelines

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html

https://www.australia.gov.au/

[Yonnie3]

2. Isn't dexamethasone an immunosuppressant?

Increasing the need for a more cautious approach even per the loose CDC standards.

[still_one]

3. My point is their recommendations leave too much room for ambiguity. All they needed to say

is after 10 days, regardless you need to test negative

[soothsayer]

4. Yeah I like the "two negative tests" they used to have

Though there was talk that you stop shedding after 9 days. Don’t know whether it’s still the thinking.

[still_one]

5. If you read into the CDC verbiage, they also say there are exceptions. In my view there is no

excuse for not erroring on the side of safety

Why did they change the "two negative tests", that they used to have?

[Yonnie3]

6. I got your point

The CDC guidance is obviously aimed at getting "America back to work," without waiting for tests. It has little to no scientific merit and would allow one to shop for an "expert" to get what advice you prefer.

[still_one]

7. I am sure. They changed their guidelines. They used to say one need to be tested negative

twice within a 48 hour block after symptoms have gone away to insure people are not shedding virus anymore

[Yonnie3]

8. I recall this two test requirement as well.

I haven't followed the CDC information much once it was obvious that the politicians had so much input.

I did see this sort of requirement in University of Virginia Medical Center employee information. IIRC you had to be on no medication for two days and then be screened for symptoms plus negative tests. I can no longer find this online.

I believe a lot of this kind of guidance had been removed from the public view in order not to risk a loss of Federal funding. I know that a least one negative test is still required to return to work at UVA Medical Center.