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A lot of unvaccinated people and high-risk people who have not gotten boosted—they're really filling up the hospital since our hospital systems are under a lot of stress. I expect this surge to peak in the next couple of weeks. It'll peak in different places in America at different times. Once we get into February, I really do expect much, much lower case numbers. And then we have to start thinking about a long-term strategy for how do we manage this virus and not go from surge to surge, feeling like we don't really have a longer term approach.

That's the period when people are most contagious. So if more Americans could stay home and away from others for the first five days, it would make an enormous difference," said Jha. And one of those rapid tests, if it's negative, then you should feel much more comfortable going back into society. When those tests are not available and that's the challenge CDC is facing—how do you recommend something that people can't do, that it is absolutely essential that people mask up and wear a high quality mask diligently for the next five days.

On day six in the United States, the CDC says, you can go back to work, you can go back school, but they tell you don't go to a restaurant and don't travel. What do you do on day six? And look, the CDCs guidance recommended that you wear a mask for five days after your isolation period, recognizing that a certain cohort of people is still gonna be sharing the virus," said Dr.

While a certain percentage of them will still be infectious, they're not driving the pandemic. What's driving the pandemic right now is the fact that we're probably only diagnosing somewhere between one in five and one in 10 actual infections.

So if you start from that premise, and if CDC was sort of upfront about that premise, what it really tells you is that if you are, so you are someone who's isolated for five days and on day six, you're gonna go back to work. You need to be mindful of what the setting is that you're reintroducing yourself into. Are you taking care of people who are vulnerable at home? Are you going into a healthcare setting or another setting where there's vulnerable people? And if you are, you need to be more vigilant.

Maybe you use a diagnostic test to make sure you're no longer shutting virus. You certainly wear a mask in that circumstance. So this is the challenge we have right now. He added: "The bottom-line message is: we don't want people who are infected to be in work areas, if at all possible. Obviously, we don't want them in our schools.

We don't want them in health care. We don't want them in everyday business. But when you have crisis situations, where you may not be getting life-saving drugs to people, you may not get in life-saving health care to people.

I think we have no other choice but to do this. We're seeing many locations right now with 25 percent to 30 percent absenteeism of teachers because they really are sick or at home infected. So I think this is a time we have to take a step back on the schools. We all want our kids in school, they should be in school.

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