The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday it would be decreasing the number of days a vaccinated person should quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19, CNN reports. People are now being advised to quarantine for only five days if they don't have any symptoms. The CDC previously recommended at least a 10-day quarantine.
Those who are vaccinated and have taken their booster shots may not have to quarantine, the CDC added.
"Given what we currently know about COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to five days, if asymptomatic, followed by five days of wearing a mask when around others," the CDC said in a statement.
Social media, however, grappled with the CDC's decision, citing that the organization cared more about capitalism than preserving human lives.
CDC shortens isolation requirements to: "Whatever your boss needs."
— chris hauselt (@movingsideways) December 27, 2021
The CDC stands for Can’t Disrupt Capitalism
— Abbas (@Abbas_Muntaqim) December 28, 2021
5 days quarantine . The cousins are clocking in ???????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/pz4j393SoE
— HOTTIE SAUCE ???? (@alexactivated) December 28, 2021
y’all cousins might actually work at the CDC
— agent of chaos (@_heyyymscarter) December 28, 2021
Exact mood now that the CDC is tryna end us pic.twitter.com/LfQBohn7NO
— ɪɴᴅɪᴄᴀ•ᴅɪᴀᴍᴏɴᴅ (@BeeNasty_) December 27, 2021
CDC recommends splitting up your quarantine over your two 15min breaks
— Zak Toscani (@zak_toscani) December 27, 2021
Do you fam.
– The CDC— mary thee stallion (@iammarypryor) December 27, 2021
On Monday, the daily average in the U.S. was recorded at 243,099 new cases, a 105% increase from 14 days prior. However, deaths decreased by 5% during that period to a daily average of 1,205, based on data from The New York Times.
